NEOLOGISMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Keywords:
neologism, language development, language changes, language picture of the world.Abstract
The article is devoted to the analysis of nominative processes and lexical changes occurring at the present stage of development of the English language. It is the lexical system of the language, being the most flexible and mobile, that is constantly changing along with the development of the language community, enriching itself with new lexical units and reflecting current social trends. New words that have appeared in the language in the last few years have become the object of study of this article.
A brief review of theoretical approaches to the problem of studying neologisms and the factors influencing their occurrence is accompanied by a comparison of the statistical data of linguists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The paper considers the specificity of popular neologisms of the English language and their actualization in everyday communication of native speakers.
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