A New Perspective on the Creation of Neologisms
This article proposes a new research perspective towards the reasons for devising neologisms. Instead of reflecting upon this topic from the perspective of "a word", the language user's psychological requirements for devising neologisms are being used. This methodology introduces us...
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2013-04-01
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This article proposes a new research perspective towards the reasons for devising neologisms.
Instead of reflecting upon this topic from the perspective of "a word", the language user's psychological requirements for devising neologisms are being used. This methodology introduces us to some distinct observations, especially regarding the user's inner motivations for devising and using neologisms. Although "functional" and/or "denotative" descriptions of neologisms are mentioned, much regard is paid to distinct psychological needs of the ones devising neologisms. In sum it can be said that some neologisms are not devised for the purpose of describing new objects, but are set up in accordance to user's descriptive tastes and his sense of language.
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| spelling | doaj.art-5ff26e00931245e498ace95971c3bfb02023-01-18T08:22:06ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Acta Linguistica Asiatica2232-33172013-04-013110.4312/ala.3.1.47-60A New Perspective on the Creation of NeologismsMing-chang LIN0Fo Guang University, Taiwan This article proposes a new research perspective towards the reasons for devising neologisms. Instead of reflecting upon this topic from the perspective of "a word", the language user's psychological requirements for devising neologisms are being used. This methodology introduces us to some distinct observations, especially regarding the user's inner motivations for devising and using neologisms. Although "functional" and/or "denotative" descriptions of neologisms are mentioned, much regard is paid to distinct psychological needs of the ones devising neologisms. In sum it can be said that some neologisms are not devised for the purpose of describing new objects, but are set up in accordance to user's descriptive tastes and his sense of language. https://journals.uni-lj.si/ala/article/view/422Chineseneologismsemotions and interestspsychological factors |
| spellingShingle | Ming-chang LIN A New Perspective on the Creation of Neologisms Acta Linguistica Asiatica Chinese neologisms emotions and interests psychological factors |
| title | A New Perspective on the Creation of Neologisms |
| title_full | A New Perspective on the Creation of Neologisms |
| title_fullStr | A New Perspective on the Creation of Neologisms |
| title_full_unstemmed | A New Perspective on the Creation of Neologisms |
| title_short | A New Perspective on the Creation of Neologisms |
| title_sort | new perspective on the creation of neologisms |
| topic | Chinese neologisms emotions and interests psychological factors |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/ala/article/view/422 |
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