On the Enrichment of the Modern Greek Lexical Vocabulary with Loanwords (Based on Materials from the Greek Newspaper “Vima” and the Dictionary of New Words in the Bulgarian Language from 2010)

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Pages: 122-129
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/LAXJ1580

Abstract:

The Modern Greek language was a part of the intensive processes of vocabulary borrowing at the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. Therefore, its renewal was significantly influenced by the tendency towards the internationalization of the language. According to the degree of their adaptability, loanwords can be unadapted, partially adapted, and adapted whereby, at the beginning of the assimilation of a loanword, the latter can function simultaneously in an adapted and unadapted form. In some cases, Modern Greek nominates a domestic word that takes over the functionality of the foreign one, and in the case of complex words, calques or semi-calques are created whereby the foreign language prototype is reproduced by domestic means.

Keywords:

loanword; unadapted loanword; adapted loanword.

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