Original scientific paper

The terminology of word formation

Branko Kuna orcid.org/0000-0002-4436-3749 ; Faculty of Philosophy, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia

Abstract

The terminology of word formation in the Croatian language is relatively stable and has not undergone serious changes since not many linguists have been concerned with this level of language description. More than analysing some minor changes of terminology, this paper discusses those terms whose denotation has not been clearly limited by the descriptive characteristics or the cases which do not have clear hierarchy and discretion in related terms such as sufiks–završetak–nastavak. The analysis of the terminology of semantic groups which make up the formation units of the similar or the same meaning such as radna imenica-glagolska imenica has shown significant differences, and therefore, such terms might be confusing and misleading.

Keywords

suffix; infix; single and multi-word terms; Croatian and foreign terms; terminological changes

Hrčak ID:

22292

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/22292

Publication date:

28.2.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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