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A protologism is a brand new word,[1] that does not have widespread usage.[2] A protologism is a verbal prototype that differs from a neologism in that the term has not been used in publications other than by its coiner, or has not found its way into media. Every word has started out as a protologism, subsequently becomes a neologism and then gradually an ordinary word.[3] The term protologism is a combination of the Greek words protos meaning first or original and logos meaning word.[4] The extent to which words are regarded as neologisms or protologisms is to an extent still classified by some authors in an arbitrary fashion.[5] A coined word that subsequently fails to achieve further traction in usage is a paleologism.[6][7] The term protologism itself was coined by Mikhail Epstein, an American literary theorist and thinker[8] of Emory University[9] and some publishers have posited that the term has gained sufficient traction that it is a neologism, no longer a protologism, and has caught on.[10] Its definition has also been characterized as describing a proposed term,[11] and one waiting for acceptance.[12]

References

  1. ^ http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Protologism
  2. ^ http://www.emory.edu/INTELNET/lex_language.html
  3. ^ Epstein, Mikhail (2011). PreDictionary: Experiments in Verbal Creativity. p. 24.
  4. ^ Epstein, Mikhail (2012). The Transformative Humanities: A Manifesto. p. 101.
  5. ^ Karpova, Olga (2009). Essays on Lexicon, Lexicography, Terminography in Russian, American and Other Cultures. p. 186.
  6. ^ http://www.yourdictionary.com/paleologism
  7. ^ Roger, Philippe (2006). The American Enemy: The History of French Anti-Americanism. p. 252.
  8. ^ Moore, Andrew (2011). The hypothesis' ambassador (volume 33 issue 1 ed.). p. 1.
  9. ^ Aitken, James (2013). Interested Readers: Essays on the Hebrew Bible in Honor of David J. A. Clines. p. 316.
  10. ^ Clines, Jeremy (2013). Interested Readers: Essays on the Hebrew Bible in Honor of David J. A. Clines. p. 316.
  11. ^ Flynn, Rob (2010). Short Cuts. p. 36.
  12. ^ Miller, Gary (2014). English Lexicogenesis. p. X.
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