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THE LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF TRANSLATION OF AUTHOR’S 
NEOLOGISM IN HARRY POTTER BOOK SERIES 
 
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8140033
  
Ruzmatova Nigora Nodir qizi 
PhD student of the National university of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek 
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I. A. Jurayeva 
Department of Foreign Language and Literature of the National University of 
Uzbekistan Ph.D., associate professor 
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Abstract: The aim of this thesis is to examine the linguistic features of 
Joanna Rowling’s Harry Potter book series, to address issues of translating nouns, 
reporting verbs, adjectives and other words and analyze how they are used. 
Meanwhile, in comparison of Uzbek and English version of the novel, other 
translation issues are defined. The approaches of translating word and word 
phrases will be described based on their context. Overall, this research sheds lights 
on the fantastic magical world of Harry Potter books to make its spells and potions 
scenes much more understandable for readers. 
Key Words: Occasional words, Muggles, Quidditch, Potterism, Author’s 
Neologisms, Volde, mort, Draco, Draconuc. 

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Introduction: J.K.Rowling is one of the most successful authors in the world 
who came into limelight within lots of obstacles and hardships of life. The book of 
Harry Potter series brought her not only fame but even success. Nevertheless, it 
wasn’t easy for a single mother at the beginning as her work was rejected by 12 
publishers. But it has become readers all-time favorites and best seller book of the 
world. The bright example is its movies which were immensely popular among 
audiences with its phenomenol characters. With regards of books, language played 
a major role to depict details of each character and scene.
This is because Joanna Rowling skillfully chose words, word phrases to create 
magic world, environment, and language of Harry Potter book series. As it is stated 
that the words created by an author and used only in his work are called occasional 
words that are not used in everyday life. (1) It is also mentioned that these kinds of 
words are called author’s neologisms (2). What does the term neologisms mean? 
In literature, neologisms are characterized in a variety of ways. A neologism is 
defined as "a new word, expression, or usage...(or) the creation or use of new 
words or senses" (3) (Costello, 1997, p. 914 as cited in Flegal, 2008), according to 
Pavlievi-Frani (2005) (4) , who also notes that a few researchers identify 
neologisms as lexical terms which withstand in the language and are in line with 
all of that language's standards. Despite the fact that coinage is the general term 
for a newly developed lexeme, Crystal (2003, p. 132) (5) proposes that the terms 
the absence words and neologisms can be distinguished: "a nonce word (from the 
16th-century word for the nonce, which means for the once) is a lexeme created for 
temporary use, to solve an instantaneous issue of conversation, while a neologism - 
in fact a "new word"
Neologisms can be found throughout life, but according to Crystal (2003, p. 
132) (5)"the more innovative the language context, the more probable we are to 
run into lexical experiments, and to discover ourselves facing unusual neologisms, 
which is particularly evident in the language of literature," As a result, a variety of 
neologisms have been employed in the works of numerous contemporary authors, 

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including Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass (portmanteau terms), James 
Joyce in Finnegans Wake (puns), and Ulysses (juxtapositions).
The term “potterisms” has been added into vocabulary to define group of 
words specifically in Harry Potter book series. Hence, this paper mainly examines 
the translating problems which hindered to convey the portrayal of sciences and 
characters as expected.