A New Perspective on the Creation of Neologisms
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| Title | A New Perspective on the Creation of Neologisms |
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| Abstract | 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 users psychological requirements for devising neologisms are being used. This methodology introduces us to some distinct observations, especially regarding the users 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 users descriptive tastes and his sense of language.-----Članek predlaga drugačen pogled na razloge za nastanek neologizmov, pri čemer se oddalji od razumevanja neologizmov kot novih “besed”. V središče diskusije je tako postavljen uporabnik jezika s svojimi psihološkimi potrebami. Ta pristop vodi do opažanj, ki se razlikujejo od dosedanjih, posebej v povezavi z notranjimi motivi za tvorjenje in rabo neologizmov. Čeprav “funkcionalne” in/ali “opisne” razsežnosti neologizmov ne gre zanemariti, članek posveča več pozornosti internim potrebam posameznika po novih izrazih. Raziskava pokaže, da določen segment neologizmov ne nastane zaradi potrebe po poimenovanju novih objektov, temveč odraža nagnjenja uporabnikov jezika, njihovega okusa in njihov čut za jezik. |
| Publisher | Faculty of Arts |
| Date | 2013-07-23 |
| Source | Acta Linguistica Asiatica Vol 3, No 1 (2013) |
| Rights | Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) |