ДИНАМІКА ВИКОРИСТАННЯ СЕМАНТИЧНИХ НЕОЛОГІЗМІВ У ІСПАНОМОВНОМУ ПУБЛІЦИСТИЧНОМУ ДИСКУРСІ ПІД ЧАС ЕПІДЕМІЇ COVID-19

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the analysis of cases of the use of semantic neologisms created in Spanish-language newspapers due to the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on the materials of Spanish-language journalistic publications of the pandemic period, the article examines and analyzes cases of the use of such semantic neologisms. The study of semantic neologisms allows us to trace the changes that the realities of the epidemic have made on the meaning of units already existing in the language. The article pays attention to the characteristics of the use of neologisms in different sections of Spanish-language newspapers and the dynamics of their use compared to publications before the spread of the epidemic. A neologism is a new lexical unit that appears in the language, as well as a new meaning of an already existing unit or a new phrase. A semantic neologism is a new lexical unit that appears in the language due to the acquisition of a new meaning by a word, or by the preservation of the original meaning and the acquisition of an additional one by the same lexeme. Journalistic discourse is a type of institutional communication aimed at informing and influencing the mass addressee in the public-political, social-cultural fields and the mass media.