LANGUAGE USE AND HEALTH COMMUNUCATION: PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE USE DURING COVID-19
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected every aspect of human life. Our health, social relationships, education, and all others spheres of life have been hit hard by this pandemic. One of the less talked about but an important area affected by the pandemic is human language. New words are invented during COVID-19 and shift in meanings (Semantic Change) could also be traced in languages, especially English language because of its international status. The main aim of this study is to identify the grammatical discursive features adopted in the selected discourses during COVID-19. Various literatures were reviewed. Qualitative Research analysis is employed for this purpose. Implications of the findings for English language. Data were sources using various medium such as Television stations, newspaper outlets, and government documents/reports. users/practitioners are the creation of COVID-19 discourse, special jargons, invention of totally new words, changes in meanings of English words among others. The study also revealed the ways and processes by means of which English language adopted and changed lexicon and its meaning during COVID-19.
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