Filologija, No. 30-31, 1998.
Original scientific paper
Problems of dictionaries of new words in Croatian
Stjepan Babić
; Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, Zagreb
Abstract
Since some dictionaries of new words can leave one-sided impression, the author claims that there are more native than foreign items among new words in the Croatian literary language. He also discusses the problem of differentiating between new words and those which have not yet been recorded. Having devised an operative method for defining new words, he believes that it is more important to register words which have not been recorded, while new words can be verified by using appropriate methods. Since the number of new words is theoretically unlimited, the author believes that it is not necessary to record words which have been formed on the basis of a very productive system and can be formed on any occasion when needed.
Keywords
new words; foreign words; dictionary; Croatian
Hrčak ID:
173458
URI
Publication date:
6.4.1998.
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