Abstract
The aim of the present study is to research two morphological processes: acronym and compounding (phrasal compounds/circumlocution) and one syntactic category which are ‘existential sentences’ in science fiction short stories. The present paper identifies different types and rates of existential sentences. In this respect, ‘bare existential and locative’ read the high percentages and may be contrasted with other classifications of English existential sentences which have a verb other than ‘be’ and a definite expression. ‘Phrasal compounds’ vary in rates as they constitute notable percentage for those that involve ‘lexical means and lexical relations’ followed by ‘prepositional compounds’, ‘conjunctional compounds’, and those involve ‘a noun, pronoun, and an adjective’. Furthermore, ‘phrasal compounds’ containing a verb’ having the value of zero. Analysis of data has acknowledged that ‘atomic’ acronym constitutes the high percentage than ‘molecular’ and this explains the abundance of the unpronounceable acronym in science fiction. Generally, existential sentences, existential sentences may give the entire clause a fresh status.
Highlights
The present study is within the framework of science fiction which is one of the most popular and commercially successful genres of the 20th century
The existential sentence type, or ‘there-family’, in science fiction contemporary short stories takes a number of different syntactic forms
The study exposes the productiveness of atomic acronym in science fiction short stories
Summary
The present study is within the framework of science fiction which is one of the most popular and commercially successful genres of the 20th century. The boundaries among the technological, the personal and the virtual have been redrawn in the computer age, and this self-conscious concern with the status of reality and fiction continuous into 1990s. An extension of this, which suggests a form of communication about technology and science/fiction, is the ‘acronym’. In this respect, science fiction will be examined morphologically and syntactically through a number of contemporary notable science fiction short stories. A fruitful form of word-formation process has been investigated namely, ‘compounding’ of ‘phrasal circumlocution’ in order to prove its survival in science fiction short stories.
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