ENGLISH WORDS OF THE YEAR 2022: ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY

Abstract

The article deals with the study of a set of lexical units identified by a number of authoritative dictionaries of the English language (Oxford Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary, Collins Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Macquarie Dictionary) as words that determined the year 2022. These words and expressions turned out to be goblin mode, gaslighting, homer, teal, bachelor’s handbag, permacrisis. The purpose of the study is to characterize the indicated words and expressions from the point of semantics, morphology, word formation and functioning in speech (the latter – by illustrating this aspect with examples from open sources). The article is of interest not only for linguistics in general, but also for lexicology in particular. The results of the study may be useful in teaching a foreign language, as they show students real trends in the usage as in the use of lexical units generally accepted by native speakers of a particular language.