Language use, communication and CODID-19

Abstract

The outbreak of the coronavirus in March 2020 has forced the world's population into quarantine. The crisis has caused major changes in social, economic, and educational life. Hungarian schools were closed, teachers had to teach from home through digital distance learning, and company employees were forced into home offices. The outbreak of the epidemic has affected and is still affecting, all aspects of society and the economy. Changes in communication and the way we use language can also be traced. The coronavirus epidemic has led to the emergence of many new expressions in our language, or even the revival of words that were rarely used before. In spite of, or even to counteract, the fear, the isolation, and the anxiety of adapting to a new situation, humorous turns of phrases, humorous and imaginative expressions have appeared, adding new words and color to our language. A lot of poems, songs, clips, and new words have been born as a result of the COVID-epidemic. In this paper, I will look at the impact of COVID-19 on communication and language use, following a general overview.