Oil and the Tatar language: On loan-words in the oil industry lexicon (etymological aspect)

Abstract

The article discusses a comparatively new part of the Tatar vocabulary related to the oil industry. On the basis of a large number of examples from the dictionaries, pieces of literature and Internet resources the authors describe the basic genetic groups of oil industry lexicon, specify characteristics of the donating language. It is concluded that along with enrichment and diversification of the technical terminology in Tatar, the oil industry lexicon has also contributed to the aggravation of the process of rejecting by the Tatar language its own roots. The authors tend to consider it a natural and logical process of language development. © IDOSI Publications, 2014.