FREKVENCIA LEXIKÁLNYCH JEDNOTIEK CUDZIEHO PÔVODU V SLOVENČINE

• Authors: Garabík Radovan , Karčová Agáta

Title variants

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Frequency of lexical units of foreign origin in Slovak language

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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The article describes a method to analyse contemporary Slovak vocabulary with regard to the origin of the words. By using statistical data from a representative corpus of modern written language and etymological information we arrive at reasonably confident estimation of the ratio of loanwords in common Slovak vocabulary and the provenance of lexical borrowings. We demonstrate some of the findings in tables and charts, providing information that is interesting to non-linguistically oriented members of Slovak population (who are sometimes vocal in expressing their attitudes to the perceived amount of loanwords in the Slovak language), but can be also inspiring for further research in philology or linguistics.

Keywords

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ETYMOLOGY; LOANWORDS; SLOVAK LANGUAGE; VOCABULARY

• Publisher: Ludovit Stur Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovenská reč (Slovak Language)
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 84
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 26 – 46

Contributors

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Garabík Radovan

• Jazykovedný ústav Ľudovíta Štúra SAV, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

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Karčová Agáta