Analysis of the formation of neologisms in modern English in the works of E.Smith and R.Haeinlein

Ways of neologisms formation Lexico-grammaticalPhonological Semantic changeBorrowings

Lexico-grammatical grouping Composition Affixation Conversion Shortening

Composition N+N=N N+A=N Abbr+N=N Flash mob, high-rise, crowdsourcing, nitpicker, E-quaintance, blog, T-shirtable.

Composition V+PP=NPP+N=A in stay-in sit-in buy-in break-in recite-indie-in out drop-out lay-out work-out Off-the shelf, out-of-use, stay-at-home

Affixation suffixes prefixes readable spinnish showmanship dimentinal itemize globophobic prequel xenointoxication microchip postapocaliptic sub-aqua co-educational

Conversion N=VV=N To hand, to ship, to foot, to nurse, to zap, to whee, to diddy-bop, a cut, a hit, like.

Shortening AbbreviationAcronymization Truncation Fusion DVD, PC, NASA, WHO, demo, veg, telecast, acrodance, demoversion, fridge, trank,

Chat abbreviation ? – I have a question. / I dont understand what you mean <3 – Meaning love, friendship 121 – One-to-one (private chat) 143 – I love you 10X – Thanks 10Q – Thank you 2EZ – Too easy 2MOR – Tomorrow 2NTE – Tonight CM – Call me 4ever – Forever 2GH - Together

Semantic change Chip, bread, drag, crack, tweet, butterfly, to hit the street. to hit the ceiling