Open AccessMorphological Characteristics of English Football Language
Author(s) -
Elgilani Khalil Osman Elfaki
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of english linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1923-8703
pISSN - 1923-869X
DOI - 10.5539/ijel.v12n1p148
Subject(s) - football , clipping (morphology) , newspaper , advertising , linguistics , political science , business , law , philosophy
Football is the most popular sport globally. It is considerably modern sport, nevertheless, attracted millions zealous followers. Several media outlets cover activities and events of football world-wide around the clock. The researcher has been attracted and encouraged by follow-up and study of hundreds of native English football texts on specialized sports and football media outlets as newspapers, magazines, T.V and radio programs as well as electronic sites. At the end of the study, the researcher has analyzed these texts linguistically and then classified them according to their morphological categorizations. Football morphological elements surfaced by the researcher include affixation, compounding, clipping, eponymy, and loans (borrowings). At the end of the study, the researcher has provided some related results and recommendations.