Lexical Change in Present-day English: A Corpus-based Study of the Motivation, Institutionalization, and Productivity of Creative Neologisms |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Clippings | 2 |
25 | 45 |
30 | 51 |
24 | 67 |
34 | 78 |
Shortenings | 80 |
The Lexical Phrases virtual reality rightto renttomortgage | 119 |
85 | 123 |
Combinations with cyber techno info docu tainment | 141 |
Results | 171 |
Word Lists | 183 |
References | 199 |
Common terms and phrases
abstracted combining forms According acronym adjective affix Algeo allomorphic allomorphic combining forms appeared base form base words Bauer blend CD-ROM clipping coinages coined collocation complex compounds considered constituents contain corpora cred cyber cyberpunk dictionaries digital audio tape dinosaur docu docudrama English language examined example faction formations free morphemes free variant graphic motivation Guardian homonyms hyphenation increase infobahn initial letters Jazzercise Jucker lexeme lexical phrase linguistic LRNW Marchand meaning Miami Herald Midi mips modifying LP morphological motivation neo-classical neologisms newspapers nominal LP nonce-formations number of words ODNW pay-per-view phonological phonological and graphic polysemic process of institutionalization productivity pronunciation proper nouns red-eye red-eye flight right-to right-to-life Risc sample semantically motivated shortening sitcom structure suffix syllable syntactic tainment techno term text frequency texts total topicality total frequency transparency umentary virtual reality vocabulary vowel word elements word-formation patterns yuppie