What is the cause of the suffering of modern society? On selected word forms in contemporary German expressing critical
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What is the cause of the suffering of modern society? On selected word forms in contemporary German expressing critical attitudes toward events and phenomena in the contemporary world

Author(s): Anna Dargiewicz
Subject(s): Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Contemporary German; word formation; word forms; commenting on contemporary issues; meaning

Summary/Abstract: This article will be devoted to a semantic analysis of word forms which express criticalattitudes toward events and phenomena in the contemporary world and contain componentssuch as -drang, -druck, -itis, -manie, -rausch, -sucht, -wahn, -wut, -zwang, e.g. inwords such as Putzsucht, Kaufzwang, Kaufwut, Kaufsucht, Konsumdrang, Fitnessmanie, Fitnesswahn, Gesundheitswahn, Montagitis, Rabatteritis, Erwartungszwang, Zeitdruck,Einkauftstrauma. The analysed words portray the contemporary society and unmask itstrue nature.

  • Issue Year: 18/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 5-28
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: German