PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Malekova, Danica TI - English and Slovak Compounds DP - 2002 Dec 31 TA - Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina PG - 84--87 VI - 4 IP - 4 AID - 10.26552/com.C.2002.4.84-87 IS - 13354205 AB - The article comments on how differently English and Slovak languages reflect the extra-linguistic reality. This is proved by the different status of English and Slovak compounds supplemented by some examples from legal terminology.