Jean Aitchison

• Jean Aitchison

  summarised the process of neologisms being coined into the language
• Summaries:

  Potential- need for a new word
• Summaries:

  Implementation- word begins to be used by small amount of people
• Summaries:

  Diffusion- word spreads widely
• Summaries:

  Codification- neologism enters dictionary and becomes accepted as standard English