Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected every aspect of human life. Our health, social relationships, education, and all others spheres of life have been hit hard by this pandemic. One of the less talked about but an important area affected by the pandemic is human language. New words are invented during COVID-19 and shift in meanings (Semantic Change) could also be traced in languages, especially English language because of its international status. The main aim of this article is to investigate new vocabulary invented, technically called Coinage and semantic Changes i.e. changes in meanings of words taking place due to COVID-19 dominating the social discourses. To highlight these changes, authentic Pakistani English is analyzed to seek such linguistic instances caused by COVID-19. Qualitative analysis is employed for this purpose. Implications of the findings for English language users/practitioners are the creation of COVID-19 discourse, special jargons, invention of totally new words, changes in meanings of English words among others. The study also revealed the ways and processes by means of which English language adopted and changed lexicon and its meaning during COVID-19. Keywords: COVID-19 impact, English Language Use.
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