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29.28% 5.82% 20 64.89% Figure 1. Distribution of the total number of Anglicisms within the corpus: 64.89% - Model words; 29.28% - Adapted Anglicisms; 5.82% - Translated words. Table 1. Relation between detected Anglicisms and their frequency in our corpus Anglicisms Number of repetitions Processor (direct Anglicism) 2363 Memorija (adapted Anglicism) 2022 Grafička kartica (adapted Anglicism) 1680 Monitor (adapted Anglicism) 1472 Hard disc (direct Anglicism) 1439 As we have already stated in the beginning of our conclusion, majority of detected Anglicisms were non-adapted model words, which are taken from the source language, in this case the English language. This type of Anglicisms is very persistent in our language and it would be really beneficial for Montenegrin to see some of them translated in accordance to the grammar rules of Montenegrin. If it is not possible to find a translation equivalent to all of them it is absolutely necessary to adapt them through the processes of either primary or secondary adaptation. In part of our corpus we were able to detect English word joined with Montenegrin one which may be a good practice towards transition where we would use more adapted words. However, some of the words, abbreviations and acronyms to be precise, should not be translated since they have communicative effect only in those forms, not only in Montenegrin but in other languages as well. Another conclusion which can be drawn is that the price lists are full of model words, whereas manuals and reference books have more adapted Anglicisms, and few translation equivalents.
One of the reasons for this occurrence is that manuals and reference books demand more attention from authors, and part of that professional attention will be dedicated to which words should be used. This is not the case with price lists where we can see copy and paste in action. Manuals, reference books and catalogues also have more neologisms which can be a good practice but we must not exaggerate since the “artificial” creation of neologisms is not a desirable method, but an option. Other types of professional literature contain a huge number of Anglicisms, which comes as natural, since most of the people using this sort of literature are expected to know enough about asembler and kompajler. So, while reading this type of literature a sufficient level of expertise is required and consequently most of these experts do not need translation equivalents. Additionally, most of software they use is in English, so probably translation into Montenegrin would make little sense. But, on the other side, we have laymen who claim everything or most of the things should be fully translated in order for this literature to be accessible to everyone. When compared to Montenegrin, the English language exceptionally easy creates new lexical elements, or expands semantic fields to the existing words. 4. CONCLUSIONS In the end, we will shortly address the situation in neighbouring countries when it comes to Anglicisms. According to some of publications, which can be found in references, numerous authors consider this period as a “flood” time of Anglicisms. What they point out as the most troublesome effect is that those Anglicisms are nonsystematically taken from English and that is causing further problems to grammatical issues and rules, thus creating chaos in some languages. It is more or less explicitly stated that media and newspapers are partially guilty for this situation, since they promote Anglicism in their texts, in order to make them more credible. To be more precise, some authors stated texts in print media contain numerous Anglicisms since Anglicisms are considered “better”, “stronger”, “fancier” words than their domestic counterparts. Whatever is correct, it is good to see that extremist purist views have lost their momentum and the topic of Anglicisms or any other “-isms” is considered purely from expert – linguistic view. This, in turn, will provide more quality to any discussion related to this topic and enable finding of long-term solutions and policies. We have more and more publications on this topic, and, one common idea behind all of them is that we cannot be passive when it comes to the future of our language. Part of Anglicisms must be adapted and the other part must be adopted as an inevitable reality of lexical evolution of our language. Moreover, it is necessary to establish competent bodies which would monitor the quality of language and react where it deems appropriate. More and more experts from different areas have to join together in order to obtain quality translations. This was more than obvious during the recent process of the EU Questionnaire translation where the European Council sent questions to our Government. Many experts from different fields were gathered together, and as a result we have quality translations which would help Montenegrin to get the place it deserves in the European language family. This is one good examp0le how Montenegrin may be put into more prominent place. This would enable our language to systematically deal with lexical borrowings. To summarise, we can say that the use of Anglicisms is very frequent in the Montenegrin language. This is mainly caused by: 21
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