Лекции по лексикологии английского языка. Гусева Г.В. - 53 стр.

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3. In the sphere of biometrics we have computerized machines which can

recognize characteristic features of people seeking entrance: finger-print

scanner, eye-scanner, voice verification.

4. In the sphere of machine computers we have the following neologism

teleminatory unit.

5. With the development of social activities neologisms appeared as well.

yuthquake, pussy-footer, Euromarket, Eurodollar, Europol.

6. In the modern English society there is a tendency to social stratification, as a

result there are phraseologisms in this sphere as well: belonger –

представитель среднего класса, приверженец консервативных взгдядов.

There are also abbreviations: muppie (middle-aged urban professional people),

gruppie (grown up …).

7. There are a lot of immigrants now in the UK. As a result neologisms partial and

non-partial were formed.

8. In the language of the teenagers there are the following neologisms: Drugs!

(OK!), sweat, branch, task.

9. With the development of professional jargons a lot of words ending in speak

appeared in English: artspeak, sportspeak, video-speak, cable-speak, education-

speak.

10. There are semantic neologisms belonging to everyday life: starter,

macrobiotics, longlife milk, fridge-freezer, hamburgers (food); catsuit, slimster,

string (clothing); thongs, backsters (footwear); bumbag, sling bag, maitre

(bags).

IV. Ways of Forming Neologisms

According to the ways neologisms are formed they can be classified into:

phonological neologisms, borrowings, semantic neologisms and syntactical

neologisms. Syntactical neologisms are divided into morphological (word-

building) and phraseological (forming word-groups).