Functional-semantic features of neologisms from the area of “art” in newspaper discourse (a case study of the lexemes bestseller and happy end)
https://doi.org/10.26907/2782-4756-2025-81-3-25-31
Abstract
The article analyzes functional and semantic features of neologisms from the area of “art” in newspaper discourse based on the material of the National Corpus of the Russian Language (NCRY). The emerging onomasiological needs for the nomination of new concepts lead to the emergence of neologisms, while the interaction of countries and peoples determines the penetration of a wide flow of borrowings, primarily from the English language. The object of our research is two borrowed words that have become widespread in the Russian language – the lexemes “bestseller” and “happy-end” occupying an important place in the art vocabulary. The analysis is carried out using the newspaper corpus of the National Corpus of the Russian Language, therefore, in its implementation, our corpus analysis is combined with the elements of the lexical-semantic and discursive approaches. The article pays special attention to the role of neologisms in the implementation of nominative, evaluative, and expressive-stylistic functions, the function of a language play and the function of saving linguistic efforts. As a result of the study, we have revealed the frequency of use of these lexemes in the Russian literary language of recent decades and determined the paths of their semantic development, their functional status as borrowings and the degree of their assimilation in the Russian language system. The analysis of these lexemes’ compatibility has made it possible to determine the directions of the semantic volume expansion of borrowed words in the Russian language.
About the Author
Zhenyu Liu
Kazan Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Liu Zhenyu, graduate student,
18 Kremlyovskaya Str., Kazan, 420008
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Liu Zh. Functional-semantic features of neologisms from the area of “art” in newspaper discourse (a case study of the lexemes bestseller and happy end). Philology and Culture. 2025;(3):25-31. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/2782-4756-2025-81-3-25-31
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