Word-building neonomination in the Business English language.
Journal Title: Львівський філологічний часопис - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue
Abstract
The article presents a structural and semantic analysis of word-building neonomination in the Business English language. It is argued that the distinctive features of the economic domain, as well as of any other specific sphere of communication, affect word-formation patterns. The theoretical and methodological framework of the research is based on two main approaches: lingual (structural and semantic) and socio-lingual. A typology that reflects relations between ways and means of coining new lexical items is developed. The analysis of the relevant lexical material provides support for the conclusion that affixation, compounding, and contraction are the main ways of word-formation. Accordingly, it is found that the key sources of affixation are traditional affixes, combining forms, new word-formative splinters (neoformants). Affixal derivation in the Business English language is characterized by a variety of morphemic combinations and new patterns of adding morphemes. Among specific features of compounding are the following: the growth of structurally complex syntactic compound words, the use of semantic-syntactic compression, and the interrelation between compounding and other ways of word-building (abbreviation, conversion, blending). Special consideration is given to contractions. It is found that the number of new shortenings is increasing by means of initial abbreviations, telescope blends, and hybrid (mixed) abbreviated units. New contractions are formed by: involving common nouns, onomastic realias and numbers in forming abbreviations; using homonymous acronyms, telescope blends and paronymous attraction; forming hybrid (mixed) abbreviated units. The article also stresses that, new lexical items denote not only actual events or objects, but also make explicit socio-cultural information which reflects the new value priorities shared by participants in modern economic relations.
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Л. В. Сандій
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