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The Computer
and Internet Terms: A Gold Mine for English
Dictionaries
Abstract
This article investigates how the internet and
computer-based terminology has enriched the
English lexical stock through the use of
different word formation processes. It also aims
to find out the incorporation rate of
online-related vocabulary in four dictionaries;
namely Collins Online Dictionary, Cambridge
Online English Dictionary, Merriam-Webster’s
Online Dictionary, and Oxford Advanced Learner’s
Dictionary. The digital terms were extracted
mainly from NetLingo categories: acronyms,
online jargon, online business terms, online
marketing, net hardware, net software, net
technology, technical terms, and text messaging.
To achieve the aims of the study, hundreds of
online terms were analyzed and classified in
terms of the different word formation processes
such as derivation. The results show that both
Greek and Latin and the internet have immensely
enriched the English lexicon and that the
incorporation of internet-related expressions
varied considerably among the dictionaries.
Keywords:
digital terms; word formation
processes; borrowing, Greek and Latin; English
dictionaries.
Authors:
Riyad F. Hussein, Ahmad S. Haider
Doi:
https://doi.org/10.47012/jjmll.12.2.8
Cited by:
Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and literatures
(JJMLL),
2020,
12
(2),
263-276
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