HUMANITARIAN RESEARCHES

Journal of fundamental and applied researches

English-language borrowings in the geographical terminology of the Russian language: comparative analysis

2022. №2, pp. 50-55

Kolokolova Natalia M. - Candidate of Philological Sciences, Astrakhan State University, Russia

This article is devoted to the comparative study of Anglicisms in the geographical terminology of the Russian language. Attention is paid to the reasons for borrowing geographical concepts by the example of the words: smog, scrub, jungle. The author studies the etymology of these words using their interpretation in English, American and Russian sources. The article substantiates the relevance of borrowing English geographical terms.

Key words: anglicism, smog, scrub, jungle, borrowing, Russian, English

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