KOMPOSITA DER PANDEMIE. EIN DEUTSCH-RUSSISCHER VERGLEICH
COMPOSITES OF PANDEMIC. A GERMAN-RUSSIAN COMPARISON

Author(s): Irina Bulgacova
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: Pandemic; neologism; new formation; compound word; contamination; suitcase word;
Summary/Abstract: Any significant changes in the political, economic and cultural life of society, natural disasters, especially on a global scale, are invariably reflected in the language. The coronavirus pandemic was no exception, provoking the emergence of numerous neologisms that are of undoubted scientific interest for linguists. The purpose of this article is a comparative analysis of German and Russian composites used in both official and unofficial media in the era of a pandemic. Particular attention is paid to the comparison of neologisms formed by the method of contamination

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