Publication date
July 1992
DOI Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP) ISSN
0266-0784 Citation count (estimate)
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A survey of the acronyms and other types of abbreviation used among students, soldiers, nurses, hobos and others in the USA
A survey of the acronyms and other types of abbreviation used among students, soldiers, nurses, hobos and others in the USA
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/73192/1/j.1464-410x.2000.00717.x.pd
Acronyms are abbreviations made up of the first letters of several words. They replace longer terms ...
Marchand (1969) claims that abbreviations and acronyms, which are also known as ‘initialisms’, are u...
A survey of the acronyms and other types of abbreviation used among students, soldiers, nurses, hobo...
My 1993 book Acronymaia (Dell, Intrepid Linguist Library) explored the lure and lore of abbreviation...
Тhis paper presents English acronyms as a way of linguistic retrenchment in the aspect of their diff...
This paper explores the phenomena of English acronyms and initialisms – of the type Aids, FAQ, lase...
This paper explores the phenomena of English acronyms and initialisms – of the type Aids, FAQ, lase...
The meaning of the term “slang” in English is different from other languages. The main reason for th...
This article contains an annotated bibliography of the slang used by young people, and specifically...
This article is set against the background of linguistic Globalisation and its diffusion through the...
As computerized word lists become readily available to the loglogists, many of the previously diffic...
This article analyzes the methods of word formation in slangs used by the American youth. The releva...
The paper deals with the history of development of abbreviations. In this study, the description of...
This article is set against the background of linguistic Globalisation and its diffusion through the...
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/73192/1/j.1464-410x.2000.00717.x.pd
Acronyms are abbreviations made up of the first letters of several words. They replace longer terms ...
Marchand (1969) claims that abbreviations and acronyms, which are also known as ‘initialisms’, are u...
A survey of the acronyms and other types of abbreviation used among students, soldiers, nurses, hobo...
My 1993 book Acronymaia (Dell, Intrepid Linguist Library) explored the lure and lore of abbreviation...
Тhis paper presents English acronyms as a way of linguistic retrenchment in the aspect of their diff...
This paper explores the phenomena of English acronyms and initialisms – of the type Aids, FAQ, lase...
This paper explores the phenomena of English acronyms and initialisms – of the type Aids, FAQ, lase...
The meaning of the term “slang” in English is different from other languages. The main reason for th...
This article contains an annotated bibliography of the slang used by young people, and specifically...
This article is set against the background of linguistic Globalisation and its diffusion through the...
As computerized word lists become readily available to the loglogists, many of the previously diffic...
This article analyzes the methods of word formation in slangs used by the American youth. The releva...
The paper deals with the history of development of abbreviations. In this study, the description of...
This article is set against the background of linguistic Globalisation and its diffusion through the...
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/73192/1/j.1464-410x.2000.00717.x.pd
Acronyms are abbreviations made up of the first letters of several words. They replace longer terms ...
Marchand (1969) claims that abbreviations and acronyms, which are also known as ‘initialisms’, are u...
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