Noves prespectives sobre els manlleus

Abstract

The aim of this article is, firstly, to characterize, from a basically synchronic viewpoint with reference to the domain of terminology, the phenomenon of borrowing in the Catalan linguistic system; secondly, to analyse the new trends in this field, with special reference to a factor of increasing relevance: treatment of borrowings from cultures that do not use the Latin alphabet; and thirdly, expound the criteria adopted in these cases by the advisory board of TERMCAT. These reflexions on the problem may be of interest not only to those involved in the codification and standardization of languages (lexicographers, academics and linguists), but also, and especially, to those concerned with language in the media, those whose work is primarily to do with communication¢ teachers and people who, directly or indirectly, encourage the use of and prescribe a particular language model.