1918–1940 COMPOUND FORMATION TRENDS IN CONSTRUCTION TERMINOLOGY Cover Image

1918–1940 M. STATYBOS TERMINIJOS DŪRINIŲ DARYBOS POLINKIAI
1918–1940 COMPOUND FORMATION TRENDS IN CONSTRUCTION TERMINOLOGY

Author(s): Lina Rutkienė
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Phonetics / Phonology, Morphology, Baltic Languages, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Lietuvių Kalbos Institutas
Keywords: type of word formation; compound; phonetic variant; related term; morphological variant; construction science language;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the compound constructional terms in scientific literature, published between 1918 and 1940. In Lithuania, during the interwar period, the construction sector was rapidly expanding, there were many new realities, which called for many new terms, including compounds. Exclusive personalities were very important for the development of construction terms of this period and for the formation of this professional language: Kazimieras Vasiliauskas, Jonas Šimoliūnas, Pranas Morkūnas, Anatolijus Rozenbliumas, Pranas Jodele, Jonas Kiškinas, Juozas Gabrys and others. Not only did these construction engineers carry out significant research, writing articles and books, teaching young people, but also enriched construction terminology. Quantitative data of related terms from 33 scientific papers and articles on construction indicate that during the interwar period compounding was an important way of developing construction terms: in the literature read, 262 related compound terms were found. The German equivalents presented in addition to some of the compounds make the assumption that the Lithuanian compounds are to be regarded as partial or full evaluations. Although general types of Lithuanian compound terms are characterized by the same major types of compounding found in the the present Lithuanian language, analyzing the period from 1918 to 1940 construction terminology compounds, it is determined that they are made according to 10 types of production.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 92
  • Page Range: 1-22
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Lithuanian
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