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O NOWYCH PRACACH CZESKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK POŚWIĘCONYCH NEOLOGIZMOM
On New Works of the Czech Academy of Sciences Devoted to Neologisms

Author(s): Krystyna Waszakowa
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Dom Wydawniczy ELIPSA
Keywords: neologism; Czech Academy of Sciences; Czech language

Summary/Abstract: The article refers to two closely connected, important works on neologisms, produced by a team of researchers directed by Olga Martincová at the Czech Language Institute of the Czech Scholarly Academy. They are: the two-volume dictionary of Czech neologisms Nová slova v češtině. Slovník neologizmù, Prague (v. 1., 1998; v. 2., 2004) and Neologizmy v dnešní češtině. It includes 16 studies - they provide a many-aspect description of gathered in the dictionary of neologisms new Czech vocabulary from the years 1985-2002. Both the volumes of the dictionary mentioned include 11,600 entries altogether, of various origins, like e.g. colloquial language, media language etc.

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: 05
  • Page Range: 3-22
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish