English borrowings in German veterinary terminology

This article is dedicated to examining the peculiarities of the functioning of English borrowings in the veterinary terminology of contemporary German language. The author aims to analyze English-language borrowings in German veterinary terminology in terms of their share in lexicographic sources and the methods of their penetration into the veterinary sublanguage. The subject of our research consists of English borrowings used in the German language in the field of veterinary medicine. The focus of the study is the specificity of the functioning of English borrowings in German veterinary discourse. A brief overview of the scientific discourse on this topic is provided. The author places particular emphasis on elucidating the concept of “borrowing” and studying the discourse on the influence of the English language on modern German. During the analysis of the linguistic material, it has been revealed that the German veterinary terminology includes borrowings of purely English origin, as well as, in most cases, hybrid forms involving Greco-Latin heritage that came through the French language into English and then into German. To address the set task, the study employs the following methods of linguistic analysis: method of continuous sampling, method of structural analysis of factual material, method of linguistic observation and description, as well as some techniques of linguostatistics. The novelty of the research lies in the comprehensive analysis of the pathways of penetration and types of English borrowings that enrich the veterinary terminology in contemporary German. The main conclusions of the conducted research indicate that the enrichment of veterinary terminology in the German language with anglicisms occurs through syntactic methods of word formation, morphological-syntactic methods (abbreviation and compounding), as well as morphological methods (suffixal and suffixal-prefixal). The author has established that structurally, the German veterinary terminology predominantly features English terminological phrases, English abbreviations, and anglicism composites. Among the terminological phrases, two-component ones are the most productive group, constructed in the NN (noun-noun) and AN (noun-adjective) types. The most frequent group among abbreviations consists of three-letter initial abbreviations. Structural analysis of English composites has revealed the highest productivity of compound words consisting of two simple components. It is concluded that anglicisms enrich German veterinary terminology, becoming an integral part of it. The process of borrowing continues, reflecting the dynamics of the development of veterinary science and practice.

Anglicism, veterinary terminology, modern German, borrowing, morphological and syntactic ways of word formation, word composition, abbreviation, syntactic way of word formation, terminological phrase, composite