Original scientific paper

English compounds in Croatian media discourse

Ivona Šetka Čilić ; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Mostar
Kristina Ereš orcid.org/0000-0001-7697-5777

Abstract

This paper deals with English compounds in Croatian media discourse.
Since we are all aware of the fact that English as a global language has a
dominant role and influence in all aspects of life worldwide, all languages
excessively borrow from the English language, which has become the
main ‘’donor language’’ regarding language borrowing. The analysis for
the paper was conducted on articles on business and economy, computer
science and technology and fashion and beauty in order to prove the
hypothesis that English loan compounds and pseudo-anglicized forms
mostly occur in articles on computer science and technology. Comparing
the results of all three topical areas, it was proved that English loan
compounds are used in a greater extent in articles on computer science
and technology than in the other two areas.

Keywords

English compounds; global language; language borrowing; English loan compounds

Hrčak ID:

186000

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/186000

Publication date:

22.12.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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