Those who can speak English know perfectly well that the English of Dickens or Thackeray is quite different from the English of feature films that have been produced this century and for the language of blogs it is even more so. It's no surprise: new words appear in English as society develops, and it's this continuous renewal that shows that English is alive.
For anyone who is unfamiliar with linguistics, this is probably hard to believe that the famous Oxford English Dictionary — the ultimate historical dictionary of English edited by the scholars of the famous Oxford University — is updated quarterly!
No surprise that even the best textbooks are just unable to keep up with such living in the fast lane, no matter how frequently they are updated to match with current linguistic trends. To say the least, learning English with a native speaker and continued language communication is the only solution for a learner.
By the way, you can find this format of education for your children and it's not as difficult as it may seem, for example, CIS International School with campuses in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Tashkent offers classes with tutors and teachers from Britain, and you can call the administration and also book a tour across the campuses to learn about the educational programs it offered. Full immersion in the language environment ensures you flawless modern English!
Neologisms are an adequate response to scientific and multiple technology innovations, which builda constant need for special terms. Take the total computerisation and digitalisation of the last few decades — if you look closer into it, it uses terminology in English, and programming is directly related to English. Suffice to say that the globally knownthree letters www stand for World Wide Web.
We can talk on the emergence of new words in English, as well as of taking extra meanings by old words. Example:
Terminology is changing in all areas of human activity, including art, fashion, and commerce. However, the main source of neologisms is considered to be colloquial speech. While we frequently simplify and substitute words in a funny way in our everyday speech, we tend to put grammar into the background — that way the words and expressions (or their new meanings) with some degree of distinctiveness, known as slang, evolve and further take root in the language.
Generally, colloquials are used by some groups of people (youthspeak, occupational jargon, and etc.) but these words and expressions often grow into general language and then into literary language, renewing and enriching it.
Finally, borrowing from other languages was never revoked, and the pervasive Anglicisms are fully compensated by foreign words, including Russian.
Experts confirm that the language of the British people has changed enormously over the last thousand years. English is still changing right before the eyes of our contemporaries and they need to describe each individual neologism. This, in fact, is what the Oxford Dictionary does. Following are a view new words deciphered by linguists and were officially approved at the end of 2020:
The makers of Oxford English Dictionary always remember to choose a word of the year that identifies key trends or events that arouse public opinions. In 2021, the podium was taken by the pronoun vax — the collective reduced form of the noun vaccination, the adjective vaccinated, and the verb to vaccinate that clearly reflected our live experience in the last year.
Finally, a small selection of curious new English words from 2022 that even omnipotent Google Translate can't cope with.
Knowing new English words is fashionable and prestigious. Make sure you keep your finger on the pulse!
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