Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2012, 14(1):13-16 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2012.1.13-16

The Role of -Ing in Contemporary Slavic Languages

Marta Lackova1
1 Faculty of Humanities, University of Zilina, Slovakia

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.

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

Published: March 31, 2012  Show citation

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Lackova, M. (2012). The Role of -Ing in Contemporary Slavic Languages. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 14(1), 13-16. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2012.1.13-16
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