Professional paper

English Element in Russian Sport Vocabulary

Branka Kesić ; Odjel za dokumentaciju

Abstract

International contacts between Russia, that is the Soviet Union after 1918, and other countries, along with rapid development of gymnastics and sport have greatly influenced the appearance of foreign words in the part of the Russian language relating to physical culture.
Some sports and games seem to have, together with all English notions, been transplanted to the Russian soil.
In connection with this work, 130 words borrowed from the English language have been found in the field of physical culture. These words are divided into two fundamental groups, A and B. Group B consists of word denoting individual sports and games. Group A consists of the words denoting common ideas in wider sense, words used in physical culture vocabulary presenting general ideas in almost all sport branches, words denoting persons and used in different sports and games, and those presenting sport equipment. Group B consists of words connected with individual sports and games (box, soccer and hockey, water sports, tennis etc.).
Each word is semantically elaborated, that is, its meaning and changes of the meaning if they have happened are taken into consideration.

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Hrčak ID:

247352

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/247352

Publication date:

30.12.1972.

Article data in other languages: croatian russian

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