Change(s) in Vocabulary(/ies) – Hungarian and Romanian Lexical Phenomena During COVID
The COVID-19 epidemic caused not only an unprecedented crisis in our lives but also changes in our language use and word formation habits: this new disease and its cures have naturally led to the emergence of new concepts and names. In 2020, more and more words or phrases related to the COVID-19...
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Scientia Publishing House
2021-12-01
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| Series: | Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: Philologica |
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| Online Access: | https://acta.sapientia.ro/content/docs/changes-in-vocabularyies-hungarian-and-r.pdf |
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| Summary: | The COVID-19 epidemic caused not only an unprecedented
crisis in our lives but also changes in our language use and word formation
habits: this new disease and its cures have naturally led to the emergence
of new concepts and names. In 2020, more and more words or phrases
related to the COVID-19 epidemic appeared in the public sphere as a result
of COVID-related publications issued by the World Health Organization,
regulations issued by the authorities of the countries, news in the press, and
endless debates in the social media. This study examines the lexicalization
processes and semantic shifts generated by the COVID epidemic, as we aim
to examine professional and colloquial developments in pandemic-inspired
terminology. We analyse the changes that have taken place in the Hungarian
and Romanian language environment, while also taking into account the
English language elements as a background reference. Among the most
notable lexico-semantic phenomena, we have identified word coinages,
changes of meaning, and varied word formation techniques which have
fostered the processes of lexicalization and neologism creation, revealing an
impressive linguistic dynamic at the level of public discourse. |
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| ISSN: | 2067-5151 2068-2956 |