A Web of New Words
Author | : Daphné Kerremans |
Publisher | : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
ISBN-10 | : 3631655789 |
ISBN-13 | : 9783631655788 |
Rating | : 4/5 (788 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Web of New Words written by Daphné Kerremans and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the first large-scale usage-based investigation of the conventionalization process of English neologisms in the online speech community. It strings together findings and assumptions from lexicological, sociolinguistic and cognitive research and supplements the existing theories with novel data-driven insights.