MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF COVID-19 NEOLOGISM AND ITS RELEVANCE

Abstract

This research looked at the This research looked at the morphological analysis of Covid-19 Neologism and its relevance. Language being dynamic in nature played significant roles in the large number of new words (neologism) that came into existence or use since the emergence of Covid-19. Some of these words were looked into in order to ascertain their mode of formation. Similarly, their relevance was looked into. This study was carried out to find out how these words were formed and their relevance. It equally analyzed these new words in order to ascertain their morphological structures and processes, their parts of speech and meanings. The descriptive qualitative design was used for the study and onomasiological theory of word formation by Pavol Stekauer 1962 and the traditional parsing theory were used for the analysis. The data which comprised new words for the analysis were derived from internet sources and texts. At the end of the analysis, the findings revealed that most of the new words were content words mostly nouns and verb. The common morphological processes in the formation of the new words were compounding, blending, affixation and acronyms. Furthermore, most of the new words followed the compound structure of the free and bound morphemes. It was also discovered that these words motivated by the content of situation. Based on the findings, the researchers concluded that the Covid-19 pandemic words were created as a result of the issue at hand and these new words followed the morphological process and structure of neologisms and have also added to the English language vocabularies.of Covid-19 Neologism and its relevance. Language being dynamic in nature played significant roles in the large number of new words (neologism) that came into existence or use since the emergence of Covid-19. Some of these words were looked into in order to ascertain their mode of formation. Similarly, their relevance was looked into. This study was carried out to find out how these words were formed and their relevance. It equally analyzed these new words in order to ascertain their morphological structures and processes, their parts of speech and meanings. The descriptive qualitative design was used for the study and onomasiological theory of word formation by Pavol Stekauer 1962 and the traditional parsing theory were used for the analysis. The data which comprised new words for the analysis were derived from internet sources and texts. At the end of the analysis, the findings revealed that most of the new words were content words mostly nouns and verb. The common morphological processes in the formation of the new words were compounding, blending, affixation and acronyms. Furthermore, most of the new words followed the compound structure of the free and bound morphemes. It was also discovered that these words motivated by the content of situation. Based on the findings, the researchers concluded that the Covid-19 pandemic words were created as a result of the issue at hand and these new words followed the morphological process and structure of neologisms and have also added to the English language vocabularies.