AUTHOR=Kailich Franziska 

TITLE=The Introduction of English-Induced Neologisms in Spanish Tweets: A Case-Study on covidiota

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Communication

VOLUME=7

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/communication/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2022.780340

DOI=10.3389/fcomm.2022.780340

ISSN=2297-900X

ABSTRACT=<p>This paper intends to trace the introduction of an English-induced, COVID-related neologism, <italic>covidiota</italic>, into the Spanish language. The study is based on a corpus of tweets, starting in March 2020. It examines several specific features which mark the word as a new, unfamiliar item, such as different ways of graphical highlighting, for example. On the other hand, the paper aims to detect possible indicators of an integration of <italic>covidiota</italic> into the Spanish language use in the tweet corpus compiled for this case study.</p>