Borrowed Lexicon and Neologisms in Standard Language and Sociolects (the Case of Slovenian)

The paper discuss the syntactic patters of new borrowed lexis and neologisms with regard to the relation between lexis and grammar (syntax). Using a functional approach, the analysis describes the selection process both at the level of lexis and form in various discourses. The authors provide support to their theses based on a selection of new lexis of the past two decades, explaining how it functions in the available text corpora.