SELFIE, LEGSIE AND OTHER NEW WORDS FOR PRIVATE PHOTOS
https://doi.org/10.24833/2410-2423-2019-2-18-27-33
Abstract
The development of the English language in the XX-XXI centuries made linguists correct and modify their ideas as to productivity of word-formation means and derivational patterns. The authors of the article claim that there are solid grounds and strong reasons to refer abbreviation to the category of major word-building means. Changes in the vocabulary provoked by the emergence and formation of new derivational patterns, new word-formative elements, new words and meanings deserve special linguistic attention.
One eye-catching word in modern English is the word selfie of Australian origin that hit the global spotlight in 2013 when it was declared ‘The Word of the Year’ in the USA and next year was recorded as a neologism by the OED.
As well as embodying something of the social media-orientated zeitgeist, selfie turns out to be an interesting case study in lexical productivity, quick to morph into a sizeable set of subcategories embracing words denoting different parts of the body or people related in some way to the person who takes the selfie.
The new formations described in the article render ironic connotations made stronger by the suffix -ie in their structure. They are pragmatically marked on the scale of evaluation on the level of lexico-semantic system.
About the Authors
K. A. Stepanyan
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Kristina Stepanyan - Assistant Professor at MGIMO University.
76, Prospect Vernadskogo, Moscow, 119454
Y. V. Gorshunov
Bashkir State University at Birsk
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yurij Gorshunov - Doctor of Philology, professor of Bashkir State University at Birsk.
10, Internacionalnaya St., Birsk, 452453
E. Yu. Gorshunova
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elizaveta Gorshunova - PhD, Associate Professor of RANEPA.
84, Prospect Vernadskogo, Moscow, 119571, 119571
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Stepanyan K.A., Gorshunov Y.V., Gorshunova E.Yu. SELFIE, LEGSIE AND OTHER NEW WORDS FOR PRIVATE PHOTOS. Linguistics & Polyglot Studies. 2019;18(2):27-33. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24833/2410-2423-2019-2-18-27-33
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