The analysis of derivational neologisms in modern Belarusian and its technical terminology Cover Image

Словаўтваральныя неалагiзмы ў сучаснай беларускай мове i яе тэхналектах
The analysis of derivational neologisms in modern Belarusian and its technical terminology

Author(s): Ludmiła Siegień
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Belarusian language specialist; technical language; formative neologisms; abbreviations; acronyms; acronimization; derivation processes; typology of formative types of acronyms; borrowings

Summary/Abstract: In the article the author discusses updating and changes in modern Belarusian vocabulary paying special attention to the period of the last decade of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century, which is characterized by a significant amount of borrowings from Western languages. They nominate new phenomena of reality and function actively in Belarusian technical terminology. As the analysis shows they have not been examined and systematized yet.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 437-452
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Belarusian