New Lexical Coinages in Speculative and Science Fiction of Margaret Atwood

Klichuk I. New Lexical Coinages in Speculative and Science Fiction of Margaret Atwood : bachelor’s paper : 035 Philology / Klichuk Iryna. - Kyiv, 2021. - 67 с.

The notions of coinage, neologism and nonce word in the English language are analysed in the works of a lot of linguists. First and foremost, analysing the reasons and spheres of using new lexical units, T. I. Arbekova, C. Poix, A. Abubakar Zailani, etc., conclude that literature is one of the leading spheres for new words to be coined and enriches the vocabulary of a language significantly.
Secondly, considering similarities and differences among the notions of coinage, neologism and nonce word, scholars (I. Arnold, Yu. Burkhanov, J. Clackson, etc.) agree upon the following definitions: a) coinage is both a word-formation process of creating new words and an invented lexical unit; b) neologism is a new word or a new meaning for an existing word; c) the use of the terms coinage and neologism to denote a lexical unit can be interchangeable; d) coinages and neologisms differ from nonce words, created spontaneously for a single occasion. Consequently, in this research, ‘coinage’ and ‘neologism’ are used as umbrella terms covering new words created by M. Atwood in her speculative and science fiction novels.