Imenička sufiksalna tvorba u elektroničkom nazivlju
Nominal Suffixation Patterns in Electronics Terminology

Summary/Abstract: Lexical morphology plays an important role in the process of designating the new conceptual categories emerging in the field of science. The modalities of noun suffixation patterns are analysed using the data base of the English-Croatian and Croatian-English Dictionary of Electronics. The semantic analysis points to polysemous suffixes whose meaning is activated by the corresponding semantic frame, i. e. the frame of general language, or that of the language of science. On the other hand, synonymous suffixes are grouped according to their specific meanings. The role of suffixes in differentiating the meaning of general language from that of the language of science is pointed out, and the tendency of some suffixation patterns to form polysemous lexemes is discussed. The statistical analysis reveals groups of suffixes characteristic of the lexis of electronics, as well as the correspondence of English and Croatian suffixation patterns.

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