中国最大的论文知识平台中国最大的论文知识平台 摘摘 要要 本文首先概述了新词的发展并给出了其定义 然后探索了网络英语新词出现 的背景及原因 接着文章又从语义特征和构词两方面概括网络英语新词的特点 本文的第五部分结合实例列举了网络英语新词的七种常见构词形式 即合成法 派生法 截短法 首字母拼音法 拼缀法 旧词新义 创新法 第六部分提出了 一种特殊的新词 表情符号 并从定义 分类 构词形式三方面对其进行讨论 最后 本文还预测了网络英语新词的三种发展趋势 关键词 网络英语新词 特点 构词 发展趋势 中国最大的论文知识平台中国最大的论文知识平台 ABSTRACT This paper first describes the development of neologism and gives a definition to it Then it explores the background and the reasons of the appearance of Internet English neologisms Next it genelizes the characteristics of the Internet English neologisms from two perspectives of meaning and formation In the fifth part of this paper it illustrates seven common ways of formation of these neologisms combined with examples i e compounding affixation clipping acronymy blending by adding new meanings to existing words coinage The sixth part introduces a new special form of neologism emoticon which are discussed from three aspects i e definition classification and formation Finally it anticipates three development tendency of the Internet English neologisms Keywords Internet English neologisms characteristic formation development tendency 中国最大的论文知识平台中国最大的论文知识平台 Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 The development of neologism and its definition 2 3 The reasons for the appearance of the Internet English neologism 4 4 The characteristics of Internet English neologisms 5 4 1 Semantic features 5 4 1 1 Terse and Clear 5 4 1 2 Vivid and proper 6 4 1 3 Popular 6 4 2 Formation features 7 4 2 1 Easy to remember and type 7 4 2 2 Utilizing the symbols on the keyboard 7 5 Ways of the formation of Internet English neologisms 8 5 1 Compounding 8 5 2 Affixation 8 5 2 1 Prefixation 9 5 2 2 Suffixation 9 5 3 Clipping 9 5 4 Acronymy 10 5 4 1 Initialism 10 5 4 2 Acronymy 11 5 5 Blending 11 5 6 Adding new meanings to existing words 12 5 7 Coinage 12 6 Emoticon a special Internet English neologism 14 6 1 The definition of emoticon 14 6 2 Classification of Emoticon 14 6 3 The formation of emoticon 16 7 The development tendency of the Internet English Neologisms 17 7 1 Internet English neologisms coming into daily usage 17 7 2 Irregular usage in the passage written by Internet English neologisms 17 7 3 A large number of neologisms springing up at a rapid speed 18 8 Conclusion 20 Acknowledgement 21 References 22 中国最大的论文知识平台中国最大的论文知识平台 1 Introduction All living language in the world including the English language is constantly changing The change that is constantly going on in a living language can be seen in the vocabulary that is in neologisms 1 129 After World War neologisms emerged in an endless stream Each day in the English language new words are born at a speed of many thousands In the recent 20 years because of the rapid development of computer technology together with the popularization of the network Internet has already become the media that has been most widely used Because of the comprehensive and numerous information resources Internet has attracted the attention of the world and as a result leads to the emergence of network neologisms especially plenty of Internet English neologisms Neologisms appear in such a large number and at so fast a speed that there is no such a dictionary that is possible to include all of these new entries in time It is necessary for us to analyze the formation and their characteristics of these countless Internet English neologisms which can not only help to acquire knowledge and broaden our horizon but also contribute to the study and teaching of the English language 2 85 With the development of Internet technology Internet English has already merged into people s daily life On the basis of the linguistic theory of lexicology this paper deals with the characteristics of Internet English neologisms by analyzing their formation and it also anticipates the development tendency of them 中国最大的论文知识平台中国最大的论文知识平台 2 The development of neologism and its definition The term neologism originates from Greek neos means new and logos means word and is in itself something of a neologism 3 12 Now neologism is commonly called new word Allan Metcall a professor of English published his book Predicting New Words the Secrets of their Success in 2002 in the United States wrote that new words have been appearing in our language regularly for over a thousand years but most of them vanish in short order Especially doomed to obscurity are deliberate coinages the words people invent to address a perceived need or to make a witty addition to our lexicon Similarly each day in the English language at least as many thousands of new words are born Yet after a year s time only a few hundreds of these will remain as serious candidates for the dictionary and a place in our permanent vocabulary 4 1 2 There are three types of words in terms of their appearance and disappearance old words new words and existing words In the course of time old words die out new words are added and existing words change their meanings So the vocabulary of language is in a state of almos