Coroneologisms and the Dynamics of Crisis-driven Lexical Innovation: a Morphosemantic and Sociocultural Investigation
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article investigates coroneologisms, a subset of neologisms emerging during the COVID-19 pandemic, through a multi-dimensional linguistic framework integrating morphosemantics, discourse analysis, and sociocultural semiotics. The pandemic accelerated lexical innovation at a historically exceptional rate, producing terminology that spans technical, bureaucratic, colloquial, humorous, and stigmatizing domains. Drawing upon corpus-based analysis and theoretical insights from lexical innovation, morphological productivity, and crisis linguistics, this study demonstrates that coroneologisms constitute a dynamic linguistic system characterized by rapid diffusion, high semantic density, and strong indexical functions. The findings reveal that coroneologisms serve not only as lexical responses to epidemiological realities but also as symbolic resources for identity construction, political alignment, emotional regulation, and the socio-narrative framing of global uncertainty.
Author: Nasirova, Moxigul
Institution: Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages
Language: English
Subfield: Cultural Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7117327581
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