俞妮娜，张利平等编著的《英语新词的产生、构成和用法》以情景对话形式揭示英语新词的生成和使用语境，让中国的英语学习者自然而然地了解新词和用法，并能够跨越中西文化障碍达到得体使用新词的目的。对话语言力求表达生动，地道上口。贯穿全书的184例英语对话将论及的语言现象置于形象具体的语用情景中，为读者提供了生动自然、幽默诙谐且极具实用价值的语言应用范例。所有的新词用法来自于现实社会生活、书刊、杂志、广播、电视及英语本族语者的街谈巷议。英语全部对话都配有中文参考译文，以供读者参阅。

CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS A NEOLOGISM '~

CHAPTER 2 WHAT TRIGGERS THE EMERGENCE OF NEOLOGISMS ?

CHAPTER 3 THE WAYS IN WHICH NEOLOGISMS ARE FORMED

 3.1 Neologisms Created by Putting Existing Words to New Uses

3.1.1 Lexical Changes in Meanings

a.Amelioration or Deterioration

b.Functional Transformation

c.Words with Self-contradicting Meanings

d.Multimeaningfulness of Small Words

3.1.2 Lexical Changes in Word Class

 3.2 Neologisms Formed by Combining Existing Words or Word Parts

3.2.1 Compounding

a.Compounds Retaining Original Meanings

b.Compounds with a New Connotation

c.Compounds and Noun Phrases

3.2.2 Parallel Construction

3.2.3 Affixation

3.2.4 Blending

3.2.5 Words Combined as a Result of Casual Pronunciation

3.2.6 Reduplication

 3.3 Neologisms Formed by Shortening Existing Words or Expressions

3.3.1 Shortened Compounds, Noun Phrases and Verb Phrases

3.3.2 Clippings

3.3.3 Backformation

3.3.4 Abbreviation

a.Initialisms (alphabetisms)

b.Acronyms

 3.4 Neologisms Borrowed from Other Languages

 3.5 Neologisms Created out of Nothing

CHINESE TRANSLATION OF DIALOGUES

INDEX

BIBLIOGRAPHY