Analysis of Morphological and Semantic Adaptation of Noun Anglicisms Denoting Natural Gender in B/C/S Language

Abstract

The paper focuses on morphological and semantic adaptation of noun anglicisms denoting natural gender. The analysis was performed on the anglicism examples denoting natural gender from the Dictionary of anglicisms by Ibrahim Cedic (2008). Morphological adaptation was analysed in terms of zero, compromise and complete thransmorphemization. Semantic adaptation was analysed in terms of primary and secondary adaptation. The results indicate a need for further research and understanding of contrastive differences between the English and B/C/S language in terms of gendered language use, and, within that, the way anglicisms contribute to it. The analysis is of immense significance not only due to the better understanding of the process and levels of morphological and semantic adaptation but also the differences in understanding of gender category, and the importance of natural gender denotation.