A MULTI-LEVEL ANALYSIS OF NOMINAL COMPOUNDS IN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING CONTEXTS
A MULTI-LEVEL ANALYSIS OF NOMINAL COMPOUNDS IN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING CONTEXTS
Author(s): Loredana IspasSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Education
Published by: Editura Pro Universitaria
Keywords: nominal compounds; automotive engineering; multi-level analysis; ESP; morphological; semantics; and pragmatics perspectives; traditional grammar; functional; structural; and generative approaches;
Summary/Abstract: Nominal compounds are frequent linguistic units in English for Specific Purposes (ESP), playing a crucial role in technical domains such as automotive engineering. The paper examines nominal compounds used in automotive engineering discourse from morphological, semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic perspectives. Each perspective targets a different layer of linguistic structure and use. By analyzing characteristic patterns and communicative functions, it illustrates how nominal compounds facilitate precision, concision, and innovation in the language of automotive engineering. Teaching English nominal compounds in automotive engineering involves several pedagogical and linguistic challenges. These result from both the structural properties of compounds and the specialized nature of technical discourse. The data consists of nominal compounds extracted from technical texts specific to the automotive field.
Journal: Analele Universităţii din Craiova, Seria Ştiinţe Filologice, Limbi Străine Aplicate
- Issue Year: 2026
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 211-223
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
