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This paper discusses the conceptual dynamicity of English compound lexemes and their Serbian equivalents as reflected in compound lexemes in traffic engineering. The morphological structure and semantics of compound lexemes are considered, as well as strategies for translating English metaphorical compound lexemes into Serbian. The analysis reveals that Serbian cannot cope with the dynamic nature of traffic engineering terminology in English, and that Anglicisms, synonyms of different polysemous terms and vague conceptual determinations are characteristic of Serbian terminological equivalents

The Dynamics Of English Terminological Compound Lexemes And Their Serbian Equivalents

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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This paper discusses the conceptual dynamicity of English compound lexemes and their Serbian equivalents as reflected in compound lexemes in traffic...

The Dynamics Of English Terminological Compound Lexemes And Their Serbian Equivalents

Published Online: May 01, 2014

Page range: 9 - 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2014-0002

Keywords
English metaphorical compound lexemes, Serbian equivalents, traffic engineering, translation patterns and strategies

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Dynamics Of English Terminological Compound Lexemes And Their Serbian Equivalents

Published Online: May 01, 2014

Page range: 9 - 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2014-0002

KeywordsEnglish metaphorical compound lexemes, Serbian equivalents, traffic engineering, translation patterns and strategies

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
English metaphorical compound lexemes, Serbian equivalents, traffic engineering, translation patterns and strategies