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This thesis investigated neologisms created on Twitter and their ways of formation. Such study is important in finding out the probable factors that influence the understanding of newly-coined words, especially in English language learners. Data encompasses a corpus of 826992 English-language tweets (‘English Tweet Stratified Random Sample’, 2012), and the lexical items collected were analyzed with the help of AntConc tool. The study considered qualitative and quantitative analyses. The findings from this research show that blending, conversion and semantic change are the most prominent word-formation types in Twitter. Mixed formations frequently occur, involving conversion as a key element. Such methods as conversion and semantic change, particularly when combined, affect the meaning of the word, creating a neologism that is difficult to decode. The end of the study suggests classroom activities for students. These exercises should train language learners to guess the meaning from the context and introduce morphological aspects of the language.

neologisms, Twitter, word-formation --- Arts & sciences humaines > Langues & linguistique

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Emprunt (linguistique) --- japonais (langue) --- J5019 --- J5316 --- Japan: Language -- origin and relations -- loan words, gairaigo --- Japan: Language -- dictionaries -- neologisms

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Linguistics --- Linguistique --- Word, New --- Terms and phrases --- Sublanguage --- Congresses --- #KVHA:Terminologie; Italiaans --- #KVHA:Lexicologie; Italiaans --- Words, New --- Coinage of words --- Neologisms --- New words --- Words, Coinage of --- Vocabulary --- Word, New - Congresses --- Terms and phrases - Congresses --- Sublanguage - Congresses

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Words, New --- Lexicology --- Néologismes --- Lexicologie --- Lexicology. --- Words, New. --- English language --- Language and languages --- Coinage of words --- Neologisms --- New words --- Words, Coinage of --- Vocabulary --- E-journals --- Periodicals --- Linguistics --- Néologismes --- Périodiques --- Words, New - Periodicals --- Lexicology - Periodicals

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This book fills a gap in lexical morphology, especially with reference to analogy in English word-formation. Many studies have focused their interest on the role played by analogy within English inflectional morphology. However, the analogical mechanism also deserves investigation on account of its relevance to neology in English. This volume provides in-depth qualitative analyses and stimulating quantitative findings in this realm.

Lexicology. Semantics --- English language --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Morphology. --- Word formation. --- Derivational morphology --- Word formation --- Derivation --- Morphology --- Analogy --- New words --- Language and languages. --- Grammar. --- Foreign languages --- Languages --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philology --- Linguistics --- Analysis and parsing --- Diagraming --- Composition and exercises --- Language and languages --- Grammar --- E-books --- Germanic languages --- Analogy. --- Neologisms. --- Occasionalisms. --- Word-Formation.