Значај језичких скраћеница и њиховог тумачења у процесу комуникације
The Importance of Language Abbreviations and Their Interpretation in the Communication Process

Summary/Abstract: Language is the basic means of communication between people. Purposefulness is an important characteristic of every communication. Modern life and work conditions require also immediacy in communication. Language needs to adapt to that. To that effect, two phenomena are present: word shortening and words interpretation. Word shortening is an inevitable phenomenon, required by the need in immediacy in communication. But at the same time word abbreviations can lead to the purposelessness in communication if the interlocutors are not familiar with the message the abbreviations convey and are not able to interpret it. Therefore, abbreviations contribute to the language economy in communication. However, in order for the abbreviations to meet the request of the purposefulness of communication, the communicators must agree on the usage of certain abbreviations in the given circumstances and situations and familiarise themselves with their word-formation base. Abbreviations, as a part of speech, are used in all the models of human communication (in general and special models). Relevant elements of both the general and special models of communication are presented in the paper, with emphasis on the language (both spoken and written) as the means of communication. We have treated the general models of communication as the platform for the creation and building of special models.

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