The Structural and Semantic Features of English Mass Media Neologisms from Perspective of Psycholinguistics

Gege Wang

Article ID: 3741
Vol 6, Issue 5, 2023


Abstract


This study is of great significance for understanding the formation and understanding mechanism of new words in English mass media, and also provides a reference for the application of psycholinguistics in vocabulary research.


Keywords


Psycholinguistics; Mass Media; Neologisms; Structural Features; Semantic Features

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24294/ijmss.v6i5.3741

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