The use of foreign words from transport publications of the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century

The article analyses foreign words (their origin, meaning and equivalents), selected from the transport publications of the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century: the conducted questionnaire method assesses the relevancy of foreign words nowadays, i.e. whether the respondent...

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Main Author: Angelika Petrėtienė
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2018-07-01
Series:Transport
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Online Access:https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/Transport/article/view/2744
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description The article analyses foreign words (their origin, meaning and equivalents), selected from the transport publications of the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century: the conducted questionnaire method assesses the relevancy of foreign words nowadays, i.e. whether the respondents are aware of the equivalents of foreign words, as well as examines the usage frequency of foreign words. The research defines the respondents’ attitudes towards changing foreign words into their equivalents. It also examines the current usage of the foreign words in different language functional styles. The results of the research are structured and provided in the table and figures.
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spelling doaj.art-41b3a966a47d4d4997595a45c1afcd2b2022-12-22T04:17:48ZengVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityTransport1648-41421648-34802018-07-0133310.3846/transport.2018.2744The use of foreign words from transport publications of the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th centuryAngelika Petrėtienė0Division of Lithuanian Language, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, LithuaniaThe article analyses foreign words (their origin, meaning and equivalents), selected from the transport publications of the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century: the conducted questionnaire method assesses the relevancy of foreign words nowadays, i.e. whether the respondents are aware of the equivalents of foreign words, as well as examines the usage frequency of foreign words. The research defines the respondents’ attitudes towards changing foreign words into their equivalents. It also examines the current usage of the foreign words in different language functional styles. The results of the research are structured and provided in the table and figures.https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/Transport/article/view/2744transport termsquestionnaire methodforeign wordsequivalentsrespondentsorigin of the foreign words
spellingShingle Angelika Petrėtienė
The use of foreign words from transport publications of the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century
Transport
transport terms
questionnaire method
foreign words
equivalents
respondents
origin of the foreign words
title The use of foreign words from transport publications of the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century
title_full The use of foreign words from transport publications of the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century
title_fullStr The use of foreign words from transport publications of the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century
title_full_unstemmed The use of foreign words from transport publications of the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century
title_short The use of foreign words from transport publications of the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century
title_sort use of foreign words from transport publications of the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century
topic transport terms
questionnaire method
foreign words
equivalents
respondents
origin of the foreign words
url https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/Transport/article/view/2744
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