The Role of -Ing in Contemporary Slavic Languages

  • Marta Lackova
Keywords: loan word, anglicism, -ing participle, orthographic, morphological, word-formation and semantic adaptation

Abstract

The article deals with words of English origin (with the terminal suffix -ing) which have penetrated into contemporary Slavic languages. The general introduction into the characteristics of -ing lexemes in the English language as well as principles of lexical unit adaptation are provided. The main emphasis is put on orthographic, morphological, word-formation and semantic adaptation of the lexical units in the Slovak, Russian and Czech languages.

Author Biography

Marta Lackova

Faculty of Humanities, University of Zilina, Slovakia

Published
2012-03-31
How to Cite
Lackova, M. (2012). The Role of -Ing in Contemporary Slavic Languages. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 14(1), 13-16. Retrieved from http://journals.uniza.sk/index.php/communications/article/view/720
Issue
Vol 14 No 1 (2012)
Section
Articles