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Analysis Of Theoretical Approaches To The Concept Of Occasional Lexical Units
Abstract
This article explores the phenomenon of occasional units (nonce words) within different linguistic traditions. Starting from Hermann Paul’s notion of individual creative acts, the study highlights James Murray’s introduction of the term nonce-word, N. I. Feldman’s foundational work on occasionalisms in Russian linguistics, and subsequent classifications by Babenko and Bauer. David Crystal’s psycholinguistic perspective and the role of nonce formations in language acquisition experiments are also examined. The paper further analyzes contemporary research on internet-based occasionalisms during the COVID-19 pandemic and the productive word-formation processes in Australian English. Overall, the article demonstrates how occasional units reflect linguistic creativity, language change, and cultural values.
Keywords
Occasional unit, nonce-word, neologism
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