Certain Problems of Croatian Computer Terminology (From a Linguistic Point of View)

Authors

  • Milica Mihaljević Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics, Zagreb

Keywords:

computer terminology, synonymy, polysemy, equivalence, terminology system

Abstract

The author stresses the need for standardization of Croatian computer terminology. She enumerates basic ways of formation of new computer terms and basic principles for the selection of terms. She draws special attention to the problem of non-equivalence between English and Croatian terms, and analyses ambiguity, metaphorization, polysemy and synonyms.

Published

2013-11-15

Issue

Section

Problems of the Croatian Scientific Terminology