Language Trends on Croatian Fashion Websites

Authors

  • Borana Morić Mohorovičić Assistant Professor at University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Croatian Language and Literature

Keywords:

language of fashion, fashion media, language contact, language prestige

Abstract

The article discusses the influence of the English language on the Croatian language of fashion observed on the Croatian fashion websites Buro 24/7, Fashion.hr and Extravagant. The analysis was conducted on the lexical and semantic levels. The corpus is divided into pseudo-Anglicisms, direct loanwords, semi-translated words, loan translations, and semantic loanwords. This is followed by a discussion of the acceptance and adaptation of Anglicisms in Croatian fashion terminology and the justification for their use in Croatian.

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Published

2021-06-30

How to Cite

Morić Mohorovičić, B. (2021) “Language Trends on Croatian Fashion Websites”, Slavistična revija, 69(2), pp. 183–194. Available at: https://srl.si/ojs/srl/article/view/3917 (Accessed: 30 June 2024).

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