Abstract

The work discusses modern nominative processes in English academic discourse. The research material is English neologisms taken from online articles and lexicographic sources. The article notes that the emergence of new units, the formation of new lexical meanings is connected with the constant work of the mind of a person, a cognitive process that can be understood and associated with the work of the intellect of a person. The appearance of new lexical units gives rise to an important process in comprehending the reality around us. This particular stage can be defined as the culmination of the whole process if capabilities in discourse and cognition in English; it is an essential part to study nominated objects and phenomena of reality, their characteristic features which are crucial in a person’s life. The article notes that the evaluative capabilities of neologisms, their lexical and semantic resources are revealed in a certain discursive environment as well as the emergence and consolidation in use of new lexical units themselves. Globalization influences the study of academic discourse: on the one hand, international educational programs appear, as a result of reforms the content and requirements of programs in different countries are unified; on the other hand, in the worldview of different countries, the attitude towards education, towards its value dominants is changing. The article emphasizes that the consideration of word-building models, the study of cognitive stereotypes that determine the specifics of English academic discourse can be called the most important and key sign of discursive varieties.

Highlights

  • The process of creating neologisms is constant: the semantic content represented by new units is immense

  • One should be able to see this new knowledge characteristic to neologisms, the specific information which is put into them (Kasyanova, 2009)

  • The peculiarity of studying linguistic works is that their consideration is associated with constant changes in the world, with the features inherent to the nation mentality and the attitudes of contemporary people

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The process of creating neologisms is constant: the semantic content represented by new units is immense. Discoveries arise as a result of a new vision of the objects around us, new understanding of some features and characteristics of the lexical units under study. One should be able to see this new knowledge characteristic to neologisms, the specific information which is put into them (Kasyanova, 2009). The peculiarity of studying linguistic works is that their consideration is associated with constant changes in the world, with the features inherent to the nation mentality and the attitudes of contemporary people. The problem of education is one of the vital one since it impacts people’s lives

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