Abstract The present study investigates the role of borrowing in specialised language and the connection of this crosslinguistically common phenomenon with the attitude of language purism. German and Greek have been selected for the purpose of this study. The selection of these languages is based on their comparable morphological properties, but also on their different terminological characteristics. The data come mainly from the domain of statistics. However, some examples from a different domain, that of computer science, are also discussed. The different terminological profiles of the selected languages are found to coincide with the specific characteristics of the two domains. These characteristics are also linked to their attitudes towards foreign words and especially borrowing. In this respect, this paper investigates borrowed words from a morphological and a sociolinguistic point of view.

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语言纯粹主义棱镜下的术语形成：德语和希腊语的借用

摘要 本研究探讨了借用在专业语言中的作用，以及这种跨语言的普遍现象与语言纯粹主义态度之间的联系。本研究选择了德语和希腊语。这些语言的选择是基于它们可比较的形态特性，但也基于它们不同的术语特征。数据主要来自统计领域。但是，还讨论了来自不同领域（计算机科学领域）的一些示例。发现所选语言的不同术语概况与这两个领域的具体特征相吻合。这些特征也与他们对外来词尤其是借词的态度有关。在这方面，