The Role of -Ing in Contemporary Slavic Languages
The Role of -Ing in Contemporary Slavic Languages
Author(s): Marta LackováSubject(s): Morphology, Lexis, Western Slavic Languages, Eastern Slavic Languages, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Žilinská univerzita v Žilině
Keywords: loan word; anglicism; -ing participle; orthographic; morphological; word-formation and semantic adaptation;
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with words of English origin (with the terminal suffix -ing) which have penetrated into contemporary Slavic languages. The general introduction into the characteristics of -ing lexemes in the English language as well as principles of lexical unit adaptation are provided. The main emphasis is put on orthographic, morphological, word-formation and semantic adaptation of the lexical units in the Slovak, Russian and Czech languages.
Journal: Komunikácie - vedecké listy Žilinskej univerzity v Žiline
- Issue Year: 14/2012
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 13-16
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English
