한국·호주·일본의 캠퍼스 언어에 대한 고찰

A Study of Campus Terms in Korea, Australia and in Japan: With a Focus on the Word Formation and Communicational functions

With the development in the means of communications such as internet and broadcasting, we are witnessing a fast growth of neologism in every sector of our lives. Although neologism has often been a subject of criticism, we need to look at it from a different perspective for the following reasons. First, neologism is righteously a part of our language. Second, there are many newly created words that economically and efficiently convey variety of meanings reflecting a current culture. Third, it not only enriches our communication, through increased vocabulary and the expansion in the use of pre-existing words. This article aims to focus specifically on the neologism in campuses of Korean, Australian and Japanese Universities. 'Campus terms’ in this study are defined as the terms related to a university which play a role of slangs among the students. The related terms dealt in this study are the name of schools, class subjects, students, professors, grades and graduation. Although anyone can make or use the ‘Campus Terms’ both inside and outside of the university, the subjects of this study was limited to university students only. The similarities and differences in the campus vocabularies across the three countries have been compared and analysed. It is hoped that this research could provide some lights in the various ways of neologisms of Korean, English and Japanese.