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The impact of politics on lexical coinage: A study of the morphological patterns in Egyptian printed media after January, 25th 2011
All living languages come across linguistic changes with time. It is important to mention that various linguistic phenomena that living languages encounter include sound change, phonological change, syntactic change, lexical change or semantic change. From 2011 to 2015, Egypt passed through a critic...
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| description | All living languages come across linguistic changes with time. It is important to mention that various linguistic phenomena that living languages encounter include sound change, phonological change, syntactic change, lexical change or semantic change. From 2011 to 2015, Egypt passed through a critical political situation; a result, media and press introduce new lexical items and revive lexical terminology from the past. During the Arab Spring media websites tried to offer the most accurate lexical terminologies that express people’s impatience for dignity, socio-political reforms, and human rights (Michel, 2013). This study aims to primarily investigate the impact of the political situation on the media lexical production, and the word formation strategies that has been frequently used to coin lexical items. Thus, this paper tries to answer the following research questions: 1. to what extent does political change influence the process of lexical creation. What are the common strategies used in lexical creation in modern written Arabic. The data is extracted by scanning opinion columns in al-Ahram and Al-Shorouq newspapers from 2009 to 2015. Preliminary results demonstrate that socio-political variables influence the lexical production in which the language used incorporates the social and political feelings. Moreover, from data analysis, the study gives an updated definition of compounding, as a word formation process, and highlights the grammatical structures and the linguistic functions of compounding in MSA which vary from that produced by Arabic Academies. The Results also illustrate that the most common strategies adopted to create lexical items are compounding, as most used strategy, followed by derivation. The paper ends with pedagogical implications for strategies of teaching vocabulary in classroom. |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-2345 The impact of politics on lexical coinage: A study of the morphological patterns in Egyptian printed media after January, 25th 2011 Lotfy, Hagar All living languages come across linguistic changes with time. It is important to mention that various linguistic phenomena that living languages encounter include sound change, phonological change, syntactic change, lexical change or semantic change. From 2011 to 2015, Egypt passed through a critical political situation; a result, media and press introduce new lexical items and revive lexical terminology from the past. During the Arab Spring media websites tried to offer the most accurate lexical terminologies that express people’s impatience for dignity, socio-political reforms, and human rights (Michel, 2013). This study aims to primarily investigate the impact of the political situation on the media lexical production, and the word formation strategies that has been frequently used to coin lexical items. Thus, this paper tries to answer the following research questions: 1. to what extent does political change influence the process of lexical creation. What are the common strategies used in lexical creation in modern written Arabic. The data is extracted by scanning opinion columns in al-Ahram and Al-Shorouq newspapers from 2009 to 2015. Preliminary results demonstrate that socio-political variables influence the lexical production in which the language used incorporates the social and political feelings. Moreover, from data analysis, the study gives an updated definition of compounding, as a word formation process, and highlights the grammatical structures and the linguistic functions of compounding in MSA which vary from that produced by Arabic Academies. The Results also illustrate that the most common strategies adopted to create lexical items are compounding, as most used strategy, followed by derivation. The paper ends with pedagogical implications for strategies of teaching vocabulary in classroom. 2017-02-01T08:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1346 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/2345/viewcontent/The_20Impact_20of_20Politics_20on_20Lexical_20Coinage_20A_20Study_20of_20the_20Morphological_20Patterns_20in_20Egyptian_20Printed_20Media_20After_20January_2c_2025th_202011.pdf The author retains all rights with regard to copyright. The author certifies that written permission from the owner(s) of third-party copyrighted matter included in the thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study has been obtained. The author further certifies that IRB approval has been obtained for this thesis, or that IRB approval is not necessary for this thesis. Insofar as this thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study is an educational record as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 USC 1232g), the author has granted consent to disclosure of it to anyone who requests a copy. The author has granted the American University in Cairo or its agents a non-exclusive license to archive this thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study, and to make it accessible, in whole or in part, in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Journalism;Modern Standard Arabic; |
| spellingShingle | Journalism;Modern Standard Arabic; Lotfy, Hagar The impact of politics on lexical coinage: A study of the morphological patterns in Egyptian printed media after January, 25th 2011 |
| title | The impact of politics on lexical coinage: A study of the morphological patterns in Egyptian printed media after January, 25th 2011 |
| title_full | The impact of politics on lexical coinage: A study of the morphological patterns in Egyptian printed media after January, 25th 2011 |
| title_fullStr | The impact of politics on lexical coinage: A study of the morphological patterns in Egyptian printed media after January, 25th 2011 |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of politics on lexical coinage: A study of the morphological patterns in Egyptian printed media after January, 25th 2011 |
| title_short | The impact of politics on lexical coinage: A study of the morphological patterns in Egyptian printed media after January, 25th 2011 |
| title_sort | impact of politics on lexical coinage a study of the morphological patterns in egyptian printed media after january 25th 2011 |
| topic | Journalism;Modern Standard Arabic; |
| url | https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1346 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/2345/viewcontent/The_20Impact_20of_20Politics_20on_20Lexical_20Coinage_20A_20Study_20of_20the_20Morphological_20Patterns_20in_20Egyptian_20Printed_20Media_20After_20January_2c_2025th_202011.pdf |
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