Janusheva, Violeta (2026) Personal name-based neologisms in Macedonian online journalistic discourse. Folia linguistica et litteraria: Journal of Language and Literary Studies, 54. pp. 217-236. ISSN 2337-0955
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Languages are permanently expanding their vocabulary with new
words, which is an inevitable and constant process. The new words can be
produced by the means of one language, borrowed from a foreign language, or
created as a combination of one’s language means and borrowed elements.
These novel words appear for the first time mainly in the journalistic articles,
and then, depending on many factors, either spread into the general lexicon, or
remain a part of a specialized language. The research question relates to the
personal name-based neologisms in the Macedonian journalistic discourse
aiming to reveal the most frequent word formation devices journalists use
when creating such neologisms in their text. Thus, 2000 online news articles,
informative and opinion based, are selected by using personal name-based
neologisms as key words on Google Search. They serve as a sample, which is
purposeful and cohesive. The data analysis rests upon the general qualitative
inductive method and is enriched by the coding, i.e. organizational boxes are
established in which the data are sorted for further analysis. The research
results showcase that Macedonian journalistic discourse contains personal
name-based neologisms which support the view that they are a common
phenomenon in many modern languages. Further, the findings reveal that the
suffixation is the most frequent language means used by journalists when
generating personal name-based neologisms which reinforces previously
stated outcomes. Furthermore, from the results it is obvious that the new
personal name-based words are created with prefixes and that there are new
compounds as well. In addition, these answers unveil that the personal namebased
neologisms assist in achieving stylistic expression of the journalists’ text.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Humanities > Languages and literature |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Education |
| Depositing User: | Prof. d-r Violeta Januseva |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jul 2026 07:11 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jul 2026 07:11 |
| URI: | https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/11674 |
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