Though English abbreviations which began to prevail in the late 20th century have become an impor?tant type of English neologisms, the situation of the related research of English abbreviations is confusing for non-identical terms and a variety of classification. This article probes into the main causes of the problems in the research of English abbreviations in both diachronic and synchronic perspectives. To solve the problem, this study proposes that the word abbreviation be used as the unified term for this kind of word-formation and the words in it, so that the related study focuses on the...
