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Neologizmy w twórczości Stanisława Lema
Neologisms in Creation of Stanisław Lem

Author(s): Maria Lesz-Duk
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Descriptive linguistics
Published by: Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
Keywords: word formation; prefix neologisms; suffix neologisms; compound neologisms

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is analysis of word formation and semantics neologisms created by Stanisław Lem in three novels: "Bajki robotów", "Cyberiada" and "Kongres futurologiczny". Writer creates most prefix neologisms and compound, less suffix neologisms. The main functions of these neologisms are: presentation futuristic reality and tendency for economy in language.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: XI
  • Page Range: 141-151
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish