The Reasons and the Semantic Principle of Neologism.docVIP

The Reasons and the Semantic Principle of Neologism 　　摘要：Social and technological development demands new words. Words coined with such suffixes as pre-, -nik, cyber-, mini- or with the web, net represent an active phenomenon in the process of analogical compounding. 　　关键词：neologism; formation 　　1.Introduction 　　Every minute society is changing. Also, as reflective of social culture phenomena, the language is in the process of development and evolution. The glossary changes show various essential factors of the language most remarkably. A lot of neologism we encounter in the mass media, such as first-edited English publication magazines, even can not be found in the dictionary published freshly. The process of language development means that “new words” constantly emerge, and meanwhile “old words” unceasingly wither away. The large number of newly-emerged neologisms has powerfully demonstrated the vitality of English language. By analysis and application of neologism, we can probe into the “meaning” of English language more closely and precisely. 　　2.Social life evolution 　　The basic reason of emerging neologism is the change of social politics, economics and social life. Every neologism all refracts each site of the society. Neologism has many kinds of significances and forms. Some of them are the adjectives derived from names of national leaders. Such as Clintonia(克林顿的), some are the name of unified currency. Such as euro（欧元）, some refer to the social scandal: Camillagate(卡米拉丑闻), some show the world politics: shuttle diplomacy(穿梭外交), proxy war(代理人战争). 　　As the popular phrases “the lose generation” (the generation which breaks down), “the me generation”(the generation for themselves) and “the Vietnam generation ”(the generation attended the Vietnamese war) and so on, recently appears the phrases “the sandwich generation”, specially refers the generation that should shoulder the dual responsibility(their parents and their children). This has reflected the