THE ROLE OF NEOLOGISMS IN MODERN LINGUISTICS: LANGUAGE EVOLUTION IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION AND THE DIGITAL AGE
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This article examines the role of neologisms in modern linguistics as a fundamental mechanism of language evolution in the context of globalization and the digital age. Neologisms—newly coined words, expressions, or novel meanings assigned to existing lexical units—serve as dynamic indicators of societal, technological, and cultural transformations. Drawing upon a comprehensive literature review and corpus-based methodologies, this study classifies neologisms according to their formation mechanisms, semantic functions, and lifespan trajectories. The research reveals that globalization has accelerated the cross-linguistic diffusion of lexical innovations, with English functioning as a dominant donor language while simultaneously absorbing loanwords from diverse linguistic traditions.
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