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O nekim teniskim nazivima
On Some Tennis Terms

Author(s): Milica Mihaljević, Mirjana Deadić
Subject(s): Media studies, Theoretical Linguistics, South Slavic Languages, Sports Studies, Philology
Published by: Hrvatsko filološko društvo
Keywords: Tennis Terms; Croatian language; Linguistics; Philology; Slavic Studies;

Summary/Abstract: Many Croatian tennis terms are anglicisms which are not in accordance with the Croatian language system. The authors analyze tennis terms from newspaper texts, textbooks and the Sports En¬cyclopedia, trying to find Croatian terms which could replace unacceptable anglicisms. After detailed analysis, they offer a short English-Croatian list of recommended tennis terms.

  • Issue Year: 38/1990
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 129-135
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Croatian