The concept of neologism and the evolution of terminologies in individual languages

Rey, Alain

doi:10.1075/term.11.2.07rey

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“…Neologism has been studied in linguistics [4–6], mostly by paying close attention to the process of new word formation. As a neologism is of marginal interest even for the linguistic community, it is no surprise that it has not been studied from the perspective of dynamic systems.…”

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Buzzwords on their way to a tipping‐point: A view from the blogosphere

Neuman¹,

Nave²,

Dolev³

2010

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words (i.e., neologisms) that enter the language and acquire great popularity as ' 'fashion words.' ' To date, the dynamic aspect of buzzwords has not been the subject of a rigorous scientific analysis. In this study, we analyzed the appearance of buzzwords in the blogosphere and compared their dynamics to the one of nonpopular neologisms and well-established words. It was found that the growth rate of buzzwords is exponential and higher than that of the blogosphere. Moreover, we have identified general early warning signals for an approaching tipping point in the dynamics of buzzwords indicating that as fashion words they are on their way to a tipping-point of decline. The article presents these findings and others and concludes by presenting a model for studying the dynamics of new words entering the language.

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Buzzwords on their way to a tipping‐point: A view from the blogosphere

Neuman¹,

Nave²,

Dolev³

2010

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“…(Minova-Gjurkova, 2003;Janusheva & Jurukovska, 2015;Janusheva, 2020;Janusheva & Stojanoska 2021). In addition, the new words are subject of interest of many domestic and foreign researchers (Gerasim, 1990;Rey, 1995;Niska, 1998;Minova-Gjurkova, 2003;Simoska, 2007;Spasojevikj, 2011;Arnold, 2012;Konoplekina, 2013;Zhakhanova & Luchkova 2013;Janusheva, 2015;Janusheva, 2020;Janusheva, 2021;Kovalenko, 2021). Their explanations of what words should be treated as 'new words' differ slightly as well.…”

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Linguistic Analysis of Corona and Covid-19 Related Words in the Macedonian Standard Language

Janusheva¹

2022

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“…Interpreting language is subjective and inexact. Language can be flexible and meaning is typically attributed to words on the basis of how people use them (Rey, 2005;Temmerman and Van Campenhoudt, 2011). However, sometimes this process results in omnibus terms which have too many meanings to be useful (Peters, 1991;Lindenmayer and Fischer, 2007).…”

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Consequences of inconsistently classifying woodland birds

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There is a longstanding debate regarding the need for ecology to develop consistent terminology. On one hand, consistent terminology would aid in synthesizing results between studies and ease communication of results. On the other hand, there is no proof that standardizing terminology is necessary and it could limit the scope of research in certain fields. This article is the first to provide evidence that terminology can influence results of ecological studies. We find that researchers are classifying "woodland birds" inconsistently because of their research aims and linguistic uncertainty. Importantly, we show that these inconsistencies introduce a systematic bias to results. We argue that using inconsistent terms can bias the results of studies, thereby harming the field of ecology, because scientific progress relies on the ability to synthesize information from multiple studies.

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The concept of neologism and the evolution of terminologies in individual languages

Cited by 10 publications

References 2 publications

Buzzwords on their way to a tipping‐point: A view from the blogosphere

Buzzwords on their way to a tipping‐point: A view from the blogosphere

Linguistic Analysis of Corona and Covid-19 Related Words in the Macedonian Standard Language

Consequences of inconsistently classifying woodland birds

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