<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Polysemy is a rather complex and productive phenomenon in sporting language terminology. It is proof of the unlimited and varied possibilities that the Romanian language has to enrich itself from a lexical point of view. Enriching a Romanian word with a new meaning is possible by borrowing a term from another language, a term that has another meaning except for the one corresponding to the Romanian word.</p><p>Perfect synonymy in sporting language is generated by the influences of other foreign languages, by paraphrasing borrowed words, or by the attempt to create a genuine new word with a recent neologism. In sporting language, synonymy is the result of trying to replace a neologism with a word from common language.</p></abstract>

Polysemy is a rather complex and productive phenomenon in sporting language terminology. It is proof of the unlimited and varied possibilities that the Romanian language has to enrich itself from a lexical point of view. Enriching a Romanian word with a new meaning is possible by borrowing a term from another language, a term that has another meaning except for the one corresponding to the Romanian word.Perfect synonymy in sporting language is generated by the influences of other foreign languages, by paraphrasing borrowed words, or by the attempt to create a genuine new word with a recent neologism. In sporting language, synonymy is the result of trying to replace a neologism with a word from common language.

Polysemy and synonymy in sporting language terminology

Timisoara Physical Education and Rehabilitation Journal

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Polysemy is a rather complex and productive phenomenon in sporting language terminology. It is proof of the unlimited and varied possibilities that the...

Polysemy and synonymy in sporting language terminology

Publicado en línea: 16 jul 2020

Páginas: 17 - 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/tperj-2017-0004

Palabras clave
polysemy, synonymy, terminology, sporting

© 2017 Mihaela Varga, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Polysemy and synonymy in sporting language terminology

Publicado en línea: 16 jul 2020

Páginas: 17 - 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/tperj-2017-0004

Palabras clavepolysemy, synonymy, terminology, sporting

© 2017 Mihaela Varga, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
polysemy, synonymy, terminology, sporting