MECHANISMS OF FORMATION AND LEXICOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION OF NEOLOGISM-COLLOCATIONS

Abstract

The article analyses the process of building of neologism-collocations and their lexicographic interpretation. Based on the data of modern dictionaries, the author selects neologisms-collocations that appeared in the last six months, reviews processes of forming of neologisms in general and mechanisms of neologism-collocations formation in particular. A lexicographic analysis of the inclusion of these units in electronic versions of authoritative dictionaries, as well as modern language corpora is carried out on the basis of a computer program for linguists, involved in corpus research, Sketch Engine and the Corpus of Contemporary American English language. The study reveals features of dictionary entries, the entry of which are neologism-collocations. The presented material allows to draw a conclusion about the unequal lexicographic representation of these lexical units, as well as the need for the entry data verification.