A Web of New Words

Kerremans, Daphné

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“…Following Kerremans (2015) and Lipka (1992), the neologisms spotted in the novel under analysis will be classified as morphosemantic neologisms (new forms and new meanings) and semantic neologisms (or neosemes, i.e., new meanings for old forms). Concerning the former type, new words are coined by means of productive morphological devices (derivation, composition, and minor processes like clipping or blending; more details are provided in the subsections that follow):…”

Section: Methodology Analysis and Discussion: Morphosemantic And Semantic Neologisms In The Handmaid's Talementioning

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“…168, 171). Kerremans (2015) rightly qualifies his description of neologisms by adding that they are «form-meaning» pairings (lexical units) «that have been manifested in use and thus are no longer nonce-formations, but have not yet occurred frequently and are not widespread enough in a given period to have become part […] of the lexicon of the speech community and the majority of its members» (pp. 31-32).…”

Section: Neologisms Nonce Forms and Neosemesmentioning

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“…Lastly, if we consider the point of view of the characters and the world depicted in the novel, these items turn out to be actual neologisms: they are created to refer to new objects, events or ideas, they are frequently used, and the speech community is familiar with them. Concerning neosemes, and following Kerremans (2015), they will be regarded as a type of neologisms in which an already existing form is paired with a new meaning.…”

Section: Neologisms Nonce Forms and Neosemesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Subjugation of Women through Lexical Innovation in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale

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Given the importance of novel formations in science and speculative fiction, the aim of this paper is to analyse a selection of morphosemantic and semantic neologisms that occur in the feminist dystopia The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), namely those items more closely connected with women’s lives. These items are gathered, classified and discussed by resorting to the tools provided by Morphology, Lexical Semantics, Onomastics and Women’s Studies. Therefore, the paper explores how new names for people (Econowives, Offred), activities (Particicution), artifacts (Birthmobile) and places (the Colonies) play a part in the linguistic task of female subjugation. It shows how in a fictional republic where gender roles and religious totalitarianism are taken to extremes, the forms and meanings of words are manipulated to enhance power relations and gender inequality, impose an orthodox frame of mind (comply with the system), and avoid uncomfortable truths. Neologisms provide a sense of authenticity in the narrative and show how language evolves to satisfy various needs, not only pragmatic, but also social, ideological and euphemistic.

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Section: Methodology Analysis and Discussion: Morphosemantic And Semantic Neologisms In The Handmaid's Talementioning

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“…On the other end, fully established words are known and used by the majority of the speech community. Neologisms occupy an intermediate position between both poles and can be defined as ‘(…) lexical units, that have been manifested in use and thus are no longer nonce-formations, but have not yet occurred frequently and are not widespread enough in a given period to have become part and parcel of the lexicon of the speech community and the majority of its members’ ( Kerremans 2015 , 31).…”

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“…The lexemes were selected to cover a broad spectrum of lexical innovation. Previous work by Kerremans (2015) , 115–147 has identified four main clusters of neologisms on the conventionalization continuum: ‘non-conventionalization’, ‘topicality or transitional conventionalization’, ‘recurrent semi-conventionalization’ and ‘advanced conventionalization’. The present sample was designed to cover these categories and largely contains neologisms taken from the NeoCrawler ( Kerremans et al, 2012 ), which uses dictionary-matching to retrieve a semi-automatic, bottom-up selection of recent neologisms on the web and on Twitter ( Kerremans et al, 2019 ).…”

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Social Networks of Lexical Innovation. Investigating the Social Dynamics of Diffusion of Neologisms on Twitter

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2021

Front. Artif. Intell.

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Societies continually evolve and speakers use new words to talk about innovative products and practices. While most lexical innovations soon fall into disuse, others spread successfully and become part of the lexicon. In this paper, I conduct a longitudinal study of the spread of 99 English neologisms on Twitter to study their degrees and pathways of diffusion. Previous work on lexical innovation has almost exclusively relied on usage frequency for investigating the spread of new words. To get a more differentiated picture of diffusion, I use frequency-based measures to study temporal aspects of diffusion and I use network analyses for a more detailed and accurate investigation of the sociolinguistic dynamics of diffusion. The results show that frequency measures manage to capture diffusion with varying success. Frequency counts can serve as an approximate indicator for overall degrees of diffusion, yet they miss important information about the temporal usage profiles of lexical innovations. The results indicate that neologisms with similar total frequency can exhibit significantly different degrees of diffusion. Analysing differences in their temporal dynamics of use with regard to their age, trends in usage intensity, and volatility contributes to a more accurate account of their diffusion. The results obtained from the social network analysis reveal substantial differences in the social pathways of diffusion. Social diffusion significantly correlates with the frequency and temporal usage profiles of neologisms. However, the network visualisations and metrics identify neologisms whose degrees of social diffusion are more limited than suggested by their overall frequency of use. These include, among others, highly volatile neologisms (e.g., poppygate) and political terms (e.g., alt-left), whose use almost exclusively goes back to single communities of closely-connected, like-minded individuals. I argue that the inclusion of temporal and social information is of particular importance for the study of lexical innovation since neologisms exhibit high degrees of temporal volatility and social indexicality. More generally, the present approach demonstrates the potential of social network analysis for sociolinguistic research on linguistic innovation, variation, and change.

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Using Corpus-Based Analysis of Neologisms on China’s New Media for Teaching Chinese as a Second or Foreign Language

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2019

Chinese Language Learning Sciences

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A Web of New Words

Cited by 32 publications

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The Subjugation of Women through Lexical Innovation in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale

The Subjugation of Women through Lexical Innovation in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale

Social Networks of Lexical Innovation. Investigating the Social Dynamics of Diffusion of Neologisms on Twitter

Using Corpus-Based Analysis of Neologisms on China’s New Media for Teaching Chinese as a Second or Foreign Language

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