Saturday 22 January 2022

Neologisms ... a flying comma?

Neologisms are often formed by combining existing words or by giving words new and unique suffixes or prefixes. Neologisms can also be formed by blending words, for example, "brunch" is a blend of the words "breakfast" and "lunch", or through abbreviation or acronym, by intentionally rhyming with existing words or simply through playing with sounds.

Neologisms can become popular through memetics, through mass media, the Internet, and word of mouth, including academic discourse in many fields renowned for their use of distinctive jargon, and often become accepted parts of the language. Other times, they disappear from common use just as readily as they appeared. Whether a neologism continues as part of the language depends on many factors, probably the most important of which is acceptance by the public. It is unusual for a word to gain popularity if it does not clearly resemble other words. 
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neologism]

"Flying comma" instead of the word "apostrophy"

Neologisme is 'n term van Griekse oorsprong, letterlik vertaal as 'nuwe woord'. Met die hulp is dit gebruiklik om woorde of hul kombinasies aan te dui wat onlangs in 'n taal verskyn het. In die reël verskyn daar jaarliks ​​'n groot aantal nuwe woordformasies in ontwikkelde tale, waarvan die meeste egter nie in die omgangstaal inslag vind nie. Slegs 'n beperkte aantal neologismes word uiteindelik bekend aan die mense en word wyd gebruik 

"Vlieënde komma" in plaas van die gebruiklike woord "afkappingsteken".

Dankie, Keke Lebina vir jou kreatiewe bydraes in die Afrikaanse klas!