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clipping and blending. The trend for shortening (clipping) is particularly noteworthy in present-day English development. Acronyms have only a short history of popularity from the Second World War, but they have shown great vitality in the age of rapid technical advancement. Blending is an important way to word-formation nowadays. In the past we had very few blending words, and most of them are coined only for the fun of it. The flourish of blends (esp. in serious) shows that the English vocabulary, or the English language is developing with an informal style. It can well be said that words formed by analogy is the most nature way of creating new words. It seems that words just come to our mind rather than we try to coin them. An interesting recent example is mouse potato, or web potato modeled on couch potato. It can be seen that words produced in this way are vivid evidence of social and cultural changes. Semantic change is a productive way of word formation. It just gives the old words with new meanings, not necessary to create new forms. Therefore, it is commonly used. Through a comprehensive word-formation analysis, we know that the English neologisms are formed according to some rules. Even for the unusual words, some laws can also be traced. The significance of studying English neologisms mainly lies in four aspects. First of all, neologism is a mirror of society, which reflects its development and needs, it meets the developing situation. Second, with the increase of international culture exchanges, more and more English words have borrowed from other languages; English learners will have a better understanding of other countries’ cultures by the research. Third, the study of English neologisms can be used in translation effectively. For example, fengshui, makjong are words coming from China; one couldn’t translate the meaning if he doesn’t know these new words. So, learning English neologisms helps one do the translation works correctly. Finally, it is also very important for English learners to study English neologisms. through the study of word-formation, we are able to recognize a complex word as a unit made up of organic parts and know how different parts are put together to form new words. Besides, English vocabularies changes along with society's development, and we must study English neologisms to catch up with the times in order to improve our English abilities Acknowledgements I want to give special thanks to my supervisor, Mr. Wang Huan, who gives me many invaluable instructions and helps me much in every stage of my thesis writing. And I also greatly appreciate the help coming from my respectable teachers, Professor Deng Xingyi, Mr. Yuan Bin, Tang Guoping, Wei Xingcai and Miss Li Liqin, Chen Jianghong, Liao Hong, Wang li. etc. Moreover, my numerous thanks go to my dear friends who spend much time with me on my thesis. Finally, I would like to offer my sincere gratitude to those who spend their precious time in reading this thesis. Bibliography [1] Adams, Valerie. An Introduction to Modern English Word-Formation. Harlow, Es***. UK: Longman Group Ltd., 1973. [2] Baucer, Laurie. English Word-Formation. Lordon: Cambridge University Press, 1983. [3] Crystal, David. Linguistic Harmondsworth. Pengguin Books Ltd, 1985. [4] Holley, Shawn. The New Word Revolution. Beijing: Qinghua University Press, 2000. [5] Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Harlow and London: Longman Group Ltd., 1978. [6] Oxford Advanced