ENGLISH NEOLOGISMS OF LEXICAL-SEMANTIC SPHERES OF CULTURE, SCIENCE AND EDUCATION: TRENDS IN WORD-FORMATION

Abstract

The article studies new words in the lexical system of the modern English language. The authors focus their attention on the examination of general tendencies of word-formation and on the description of structural-semantic peculiarities of English neologisms on the material of lexico-semantic spheres of culture, science and education in the comparative aspect. Thematic groups of English neologisms of spheres of culture, science and education are presented here, both general and specific for some spheres tendencies of word-formation are described. The tendencies of creating new nominations in lexico-semantic spheres of culture, science and education include creation of new word groups and of lexemes produced by means of morphological ways, the most common of which are affixation, blending and word-compounding. In the examined material the lexico-semantic sphere of culture is prone to neologization to a higher degree.