Essays about: "neologisms"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the word neologisms.

  1. 1. The Integration of Chinese Internet Neologisms into Everyday Language: An Empirical Study Using Baidu Index and Online Surveys

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kinesiska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Weicheng Li; [2023]
    Keywords : Internet neologisms; language integration; search trends; familiarity; patterns; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The emergence of the Internet language has profoundly impacted everyday communication in China. This study examines the integration of Chinese Internet neologisms into everyday language. READ MORE

  3. 2. Comparing Official and Fan Translation of Neologisms in The Irregular at Magic High School

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Jakob Bagge; [2023]
    Keywords : Neologism; Japanese-English translation; fantasy; science fiction; light novel; fan translation;

    Abstract : This study examined the translation of neologisms in the fan and official translations of the first book of the The Irregular at Magic High School light novel series. It aimed to examine whether the choices of translation strategies differed between the two as well as how the word type and choice of translation strategy affected the end result. READ MORE

  4. 3. Science-fiction neologisms in translation : A case study of neologisms in Douglas Adam’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and its Japanese translation

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Tamara Zaitseva; [2022]
    Keywords : neologism translation; The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; science fiction translation; author’s neologisms; neologisms in fiction;

    Abstract : This study aims to discover how author’s neologisms in Douglas Adams’s science fiction novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy were translated in its only existing official Japanese translation by Kazumi Yasuhara. It also tries to answer the question of whether the type of a neologism influenced the translator’s choices when translating it. READ MORE

  5. 4. HOW HAS THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AFFECTED OUR USE OF LANGUAGE? A corpus-based study of neologisms and semantic shifts in English and Chinese web texts

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Huan Luo; [2021-12-06]
    Keywords : English; Coronavirus; COVID-19; language; corpus; neologism; Chinese; web texts;

    Abstract : This study examined how COVID-19 has affected the use of language, especially English and Chinese neologisms, semantic shifts, and their relationship with Hofstede cultural dimension theory. A corpus-based study was conducted. READ MORE

  6. 5. LIFE IN ISOLATION - A Corpus-Based Study of the Use of the Word Element Iso during the Covid-19 Pandemic

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Tove Nilsson; [2021-10-04]
    Keywords : English; blending; clipping; compounding; coronavirus corpus; Covid-19; English word-formation; neologisms; semantics; vocabulary;

    Abstract : The aim of the present study is to investigate frequencies and semantic usages of the word element iso in a corpus of newspapers and magazines related to COVID-19, the so called the Coronavirus Corpus. The coronavirus pandemic has led to many new words and expressions and it is thus of interest to examine how often such neologisms are used, as well as what they might communicate semantically. READ MORE