Annäherung an den Coronadiskurs in der öffentlichen Kommunikation mithilfe von Neologismen
Approaching the Covid-19 discourse through neologisms in public communication
- Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, about 2000 new lexical units have entered the German lexicon. These concern a multitude of coinings and word formations (Kuschelkontakt, rumaerosolen, pandemüde) as well as lexical borrowings mainly from English (Lockdown, Hotspot, Superspreader). In a special way, these neologisms function as keywords and lexical indicators sketching the development of the multifaceted corona discourse in Germany. They can be detected systematically by corpus-linguistic investigations of reports and debates in contemporary public communication. Keyword analyses not only exhibit new vocabulary, they also reveal discursive foci, patterns of argumentation and topicalisations within the diverse narratives of the discourse. With the help of quickly established and dominant neologisms, this paper will outline typical contexts and thematic references, but it will also identify speakers' attitudes and evaluations.
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| Author: | Petra StorjohannORCiDGND, Luisa CimanderORCiD |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-114576 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-8471-1512-0 |
| Parent Title (German): | Corona-Pandemie: Diverse Zugänge zu einem aktuellen Superdiskurs |
| Publisher: | V&R unipress |
| Place of publication: | Göttingen |
| Editor: | Mariusz Jakosz, Marcelina Kałasznik |
| Document Type: | Part of a Book |
| Language: | German |
| Year of first Publication: | 2022 |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2023/01/16 |
| Publishing Institution: | Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) [Zweitveröffentlichung] |
| Publicationstate: | Zweitveröffentlichung |
| Publicationstate: | Postprint |
| Reviewstate: | Peer-Review |
| Tag: | Coronadiskurs diachron; Neologismen der Coronapandemie; Neologismenwörterbuch German Neologism-Dictionary; coronavirus-related neologisms; diachrony of coronavirus discourse |
| GND Keyword: | COVID-19; Deutsch; Diskurs; Englisch; Kommunikation; Lehnwort; Neologismus; Pandemie; Wortbildung; Wörterbuch |
| First Page: | 25 |
| Last Page: | 50 |
| DDC classes: | 400 Sprache / 400 Sprache, Linguistik |
| Open Access?: | ja |
| BDSL-Classification: | Lexikographie, Wörterbücher |
| Leibniz-Classification: | Sprache, Linguistik |
| Linguistics-Classification: | Lexikografie |
| Linguistics-Classification: | Lexikologie / Etymologie |
| Program areas: | L1: Lexikographie und Sprachdokumentation |
| Licence (German): |  Urheberrechtlich geschützt |