Difference Between Neologisms, Potentialisms And Occasionalisms

Abstract

Observations show that the so-called “new words” and “neologisms” in language and speech have different definitions and descriptions in linguistic literature. In some works, neologisms recently included in the dictionary are considered a linguistic phenomenon of professionalism and occasionalism, while other scientific studies have tried to distinguish between these linguistic phenomena. The third group of linguists studied all the lexical layers of the language: ordinary (legalized) words, neologisms, professionalisms, dialectisms, archaisms. barbarism, vulgarisms, cacophismisms, pasta, potential words, paronyms, and occasionalisms¹ tried to determine their linguistic status by deeply studying the linguistic and speech nature of each, their functions in speech, and semantic-stylistic features.