Лекции по лексикологии английского языка. Гусева Г.В. - 54 стр.

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Phonological neologisms are formed by combining unique combinations of

sounds. they are called artificial: yeck/yuck (interjections used to express

repulsion). These are strong neologisms.

Strong neologisms include also phonetic borrowings: perestroika (Russian),

solidarnosc (Polish), geige (Chinese perestroika).

Morphological and phraseological neologisms are usually built on patterns

existing in the language, therefore they do not belong to the group of strong

neologisms.

Among morphological neologisms there are a lot of compound words of

different types: free-fall (резкое падение курса акций), rubber-neck (a tourist

who remains in the coach and is not curious about the country), call-and-recall

(вызов на диспансеризацию), bioastronomy (search for life on other planets),

bugger-mugger (secrecy), x-rated (about films terribly vulger and cruel),

Amerenglish (American English), tycoonography (a biography of a business

tycoon).

There are also abbreviations of different types: resto, teen, dinky (dual

income no kids yet), HIV, SINK (single independent no kids), nimby (not in my

backyard).

There are many neologisms formed by means of affixation: pro-life

(prohibiting abortions), slimster, folknik, disimprove.

Phraseological neologisms can be subdivided into phraseological units with

transferred meaning: to buy into (to become involved), fudge and dudge

(avoidance of definite decisions) and set non-idiomatic expressions: boot trade,

pathetic wage, a whizz kid (a very clever and ambitious young man, who makes a

quick progress in his career).