Coronalexicon : meanings and word-formation processes of pandemic-related lexemes across English varieties
The rapidly-spreading infectious disease known as Covid-19 has created a global debacle which triggered the creation of a specialised language to reflect the new situations that have suddenly become part of people's lives. The goal of the present investigation is to describe the linguistic in...
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| author | Gustilo, Leah-Espada Pura, Cielo May Biermeier, Thomas |
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| description | The rapidly-spreading infectious disease known as Covid-19 has created a global debacle which triggered the
creation of a specialised language to reflect the new situations that have suddenly become part of people's lives.
The goal of the present investigation is to describe the linguistic innovations that entered the lexicon of Englishes
across the globe. This corpus-based study aimed at describing the meanings and word-formation processes of the
trending pandemic-related revitalised and newly-formed compounds and blends in L1 and L2 English varieties.
The findings of the current study have clearly displayed that the lasting effects of the pandemic are left indelibly
in the lexical innovations introduced in language. Not all pandemic-related words will become permanent in the
word stock of any given variety. However, given the long-lasting implications of COVID-19, documenting the
nature of language upheaval during the pandemic and its contribution to the vocabulary of first and second
language English varieties is of utmost importance. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:184242022-04-16T06:58:58Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18424/ Coronalexicon : meanings and word-formation processes of pandemic-related lexemes across English varieties Gustilo, Leah-Espada Pura, Cielo May Biermeier, Thomas The rapidly-spreading infectious disease known as Covid-19 has created a global debacle which triggered the creation of a specialised language to reflect the new situations that have suddenly become part of people's lives. The goal of the present investigation is to describe the linguistic innovations that entered the lexicon of Englishes across the globe. This corpus-based study aimed at describing the meanings and word-formation processes of the trending pandemic-related revitalised and newly-formed compounds and blends in L1 and L2 English varieties. The findings of the current study have clearly displayed that the lasting effects of the pandemic are left indelibly in the lexical innovations introduced in language. Not all pandemic-related words will become permanent in the word stock of any given variety. However, given the long-lasting implications of COVID-19, documenting the nature of language upheaval during the pandemic and its contribution to the vocabulary of first and second language English varieties is of utmost importance. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18424/1/42905-173486-1-PB.pdf Gustilo, Leah-Espada and Pura, Cielo May and Biermeier, Thomas (2021) Coronalexicon : meanings and word-formation processes of pandemic-related lexemes across English varieties. 3L; Language,Linguistics and Literature,The Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies., 27 (4). pp. 1-15. ISSN 0128-5157 https://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1447 |
| spellingShingle | Gustilo, Leah-Espada Pura, Cielo May Biermeier, Thomas Coronalexicon : meanings and word-formation processes of pandemic-related lexemes across English varieties |
| title | Coronalexicon : meanings and word-formation processes of pandemic-related lexemes across English varieties |
| title_full | Coronalexicon : meanings and word-formation processes of pandemic-related lexemes across English varieties |
| title_fullStr | Coronalexicon : meanings and word-formation processes of pandemic-related lexemes across English varieties |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coronalexicon : meanings and word-formation processes of pandemic-related lexemes across English varieties |
| title_short | Coronalexicon : meanings and word-formation processes of pandemic-related lexemes across English varieties |
| title_sort | coronalexicon : meanings and word-formation processes of pandemic-related lexemes across english varieties |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18424/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18424/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18424/1/42905-173486-1-PB.pdf |