COVID-19 TELESCOPING AND NEOLOGISMS

Every living language has a large number of operations which allows it to maintain its continuity. On the lexical level, neology is the main mechanism. It is considered to be the generator of new forms, which constantly offers the lexicalstorage new units. The dynamism of this mechanism is proportional to the appearance of new situations which the speaker might encounter. With the covid-19 pandemic, doctors, journalists, politicians and ordinary speakers have found themselves in a situation where the lexical stock at their disposal cannot account for it. Thus, new lexical forms have emerged. Forged from existing forms by derivation, composition, borrowing and telescoping, these neologisms have made it possible to describe and name new realities.