Active Processes in the Vocabulary and Word Formation of the Russian Language in the Era of Coronavirus: Linguo-Cognitive Aspect

Semantic, lexical and derivational features of the emergence spread new phenomena in speech practice Russian speakers latest period associated with COVID-19 pandemic are investigated. A linguo-cognitive interpretation active processes vocabulary word formation era coronavirus as formats knowledge about changed reality conditions communication these changes is given. The methods description “language culture” method analyzing at different levels language system its implementation used. research materials a dynamic actively developing Russian-language segment Internet text data National Corpus. Special attention paid to three groups mental cultural development “coronavirus” conceptual space by native speakers: lexical-semantic, lexical-word-formation innovations. It shown that semantic type find their expression “new polysemy” homonymy”, well non-usual narrowing. concluded words expressions not only capture realities life coronavirus, but also contribute understanding social reality.