Abstract
In December 2019, the news of the coronavirus outbreak spread worldwide for the first time. At present, this historical event has already influenced merely all aspects of life. The language is one of the first that reflected the massive events occurring throughout the world.In the frame of this article, an attempt is made, firstly, to figure out dozens of new words, expressions and new definitions emerged in English due to global changes. Secondly, are considered the semantic changes some words have undergone as a result of extralinguistic processes i.e., narrowing of meaning, semantic broadening, etc. Thirdly, are emphasized the main word-formation means of coining new words and expressions: suffixation, compounding, abbreviation, etc.
Highlights
In December 2019, the news of the coronavirus outbreak spread worldwide for the first time
According to the data reported on 01 October 2020 on the website Worldometers.info, 213 Countries and Territories around the world have reported a total of 34,084,376 confirmed cases of COVID-19
This historical event has had a serious influence on all aspects of social life, from public health to economy, industry, education and social media
Summary
Society and Human Studies ISSN 2690-3679 (Print) ISSN 2690-3687 (Online). Varduhi Murazyan1* & Anahit Hovhannisyan Shirak State University, Department of Humanities and Arts, 3123, Gyumri, Armenia 2 Shirak State University, Department of Humanities and Arts, 3126, Gyumri, Armenia * Varduhi Murazyan, Shirak State University, Department of Humanities and Arts, 3123, Gyumri, Armenia.
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