Comparison of formation processes in English and Czech sports terminologies

Comparison of formation processes in English and Czech sports terminologies Michaela Cocca (Nuevo León), Václav Řeřicha (Olomouc), Elizabeth Alvarado Martínez (Nuevo León) ABSTRACT Language represents one of the main factors that determine the distinctiveness and cultural identity of each branch of sport. Its rich lexicon is an indication of its diffusion and status in the society. A large number of professional and trade jargons such as coaching jargon, sports training terminologies, the language of sport sciences, sport medicine and athletes’ and sport fans’ slang have emerged from the area of sport. Each of these reflects phonetic, stylistic and morphological features of its national language. Given that English has undoubtedly become the source language of sports terminology with a vast influence on other languages, the aim of this paper is to compare the formation processes in both Czech and English sports terminologies, emphasizing the influence of English on the formation of Czech sports terms. KEY WORDS English, Czech, lexicology, sport, terminology. 1. INTRODUCTION Sports language reflects a highly specialised linguistic reality in which its protagonists are allocated various conventional linguistic roles, e.g. a referee using a set of short, laconic expressions accompanied by symbolic gestures denoting his/her commanding power; a coach using a specific register and style; players and spectators using a special jargon in order to communicate with one another, etc. Although these registers share a number of features, they differ in terminologies, intonation, stylistics, jargon or slang. Moreover, they can be further divided into different sports disciplines, since each of them features their own lexical corpus. Gotti (2003, 81) says that the language of sport must reflect its specific objectives and requirements, as well as be concise and effective using linear linguistic expressions. Zummo (2008) describes the language of sport as something between code and jargon, a vivid language that must represent the double aspect of sports. Firstly, sport is a physical activity, which in terms of specific vocabulary must have specialised terms referring to equipment, special movements, techniques and tactics. Secondly, sport has its entertaining side with all its fancy and promotional products. Both aspects therefore contribute to the large and rapid changes in the vocabulary due to the influence of advertisements, media, and sports markets. Since English has become the official language of international sports communities, it has a great influence on different language systems. In Milić (2013), considering the cross-linguistic equivalence of sport concepts, the difference between terms in two different languages is presumably reflected at the level of form rather OPEN ACCESS MICHAELA COCCA — VáCLAV ŘEŘICHA — ELIZABETH ALVARADO MARTíNEZ 133 than content. In Dubuc (1997, 131), sports terms may be created: (a) by means of adding a new meaning to already existing words, through metaphor in particular; (b) by changing the morphology or grammatical class of established resources; (c) and by borrowing from other languages. Due to the expansion of English and American sports, Czech sports terminology contains many English loanwords that were adopted into the lexicon, either via transshaping or translating. Prćić (2005, 124) explains the term ‘transshaping’ as a new form that involves an inherent content taken over from English that has been adapted to the orthographic and semantic standards of Czech. English words that are borrowed from another language or words created on the basis of their English counterparts are generally called Anglicisms (Petráčková & Kraus, 1995, 52). Owing to the fact that borrowed units in sports terminology are not only the lexical ones but also translated lexical and syntactic units, lexical borrowing is assumed to be one of the most frequent processes in sports term creation in Czech sports language. In line with Prćić (2005, 145) and Milić (2013), such lexical or syntactic units (i.e. phrases and collocations) can be divided into three categories: those that (a) are borrowed (set > set); (b) are nativised and consequently semantically modified under the influence of English (bonus > bonus in basketball, referring to an advantage gained by a team whose player was fouled and thus gets the opportunity for a free throw); and (c) are translated, being in compliance with the lexical standard of English loss of possession of the ball > ztráta držení míče. Owing to lack of data on this subject, the aim of this paper is to compare Czech and English sports terminologies, stressing the similarities and/or possible influence of English on the formation of Czech sports terminology. Although mass media represent an important source of adapted or newly created terms in the Czech language, for the purpose of this study, we have only focused on official sports terms, idiomatic expressions and slang terms that are codified in the above mentioned dictionaries. The main source used is Heřmanský’s (2003) modern English-Czech dictionary of sports terms, Moderní anglicko-český slovník sportovních výrazů, which includes more than 13,100 main entries (i.e. official, collocational and slang terms) from 68 sports from 1927 to 2002. In addition, three more recent dictionaries were also considered: Dictionary of sports and game terminology (Room, 2010), The Sports Book (Stubbs, 2011), and Slovník nespisovné češtiny (Hugo, 2009). The linguistic analysis was done on a sample of sports terms compiled from the above dictionaries. 2. FORMATION PROCESSES IN SPORTS TERMINOLOGY As Dubuc (1997, 131) concludes in Terminology: A practical approach, terms are created by means of adding new meanings to already existing words, changing the morphology or grammatical class of established resources and borrowing from other languages. Although the author provides us with a large scale of formation processes, only those predominantly registered in Czech sports terminology will be discussed here; namely (a) Adding a new meaning to an existing word; (b) Combination; and (c) Borrowing. Symbols and abbreviations that are used in the following analysis are: > (from English into Czech) and < (in Czech from English), Acc (accusative), Adj (ad- 134 LINGUISTICA PRAGENSIA 2/2015 jective), Affix (affixation), Comp (compound), Dat (dative), Instr (instrumental), Loc (locative), N (noun), PastP (past participle), Phr (phrasal), Prep (preposition), PresP (present participle), and V (verb). 3. ADDING A NEW MEANING TO AN EXISTING WORD In both English and Czech sports lexicons there are many terms which have developed their meanings by adding a new meaning to an existing term, through metaphors in particular. According to Dubuc (1997, 132), terms have been produced by metaphor and analogy for a long time. However, the latter process is more apparent in sports terms as against the general lexicon. For instance, the English compound record-breaker is translated as rekordman, which could have been formed by analogy with other English borrowings with the agentive lexeme –man. On the contrary, there are many terms whose meaning has developed via a conceptual metaphor. Cruse (1986, 41) notes that the structure of conceptual metaphors enables the listener or reader to perceive things as if they were something else. This structure is characterized by applying linguistic expressions, normally used for a certain concept, to a new one. As Raad (1989, 134) points out, metaphors are used to make communication more attractive and effective. Despite the demonstrable influence of English-based metaphorical meanings, such as golden goal8 > zlatý gól (source domain: metallurgy), sudden death9 > náhlá smrt or dead ball10 > mrtvý míč, míč ze hry (source domain: living organisms), Czech terms have also developed their own metaphorical meanings independently of English. The following examples are non-metaphorical English terms matching a metaphorical counterpart in Czech: tuck > vajíčko11 (source domain: food), handlebars > berany12 (source domain: animal: ram); bump pass > bagr13 (source domain: machines), contact with the net > rybařit14 (source domain: fishing), dump > zálivka15 (source domain: cooking), or outside > křídlo16 (source domain: biology: a part of bird’s body), or whitewash > dostat kanára17 (source domain: birds). Due to language economy (i.e. replacing a multi-word phrase with one word), accuracy and/or similarity, the newly created metaphorical expressions are then more frequently used than their originally translated concepts. 8 Also referred to as golden point, the first goal/point scored in extra time as a method of setting a draw. 9 An extra period of play to settle a tie, ending when one of the competitors scores. 10 A term used in many ball sports in which the ball is deemed temporarily not playable and no movement may be made with it. 11 A tied, forward-lean position, in which a skier squats, used for fast downhill runs. 12 A type of handlebars resembling the ram’s horn lateral spiral shape. 13 A forearm pass in volleyball when the ball is played on player’s outstretched forearms. 14 Used in volleyball to describe a strong contact of a player with the net. 15 In volleyball: an action in which a player tips a ball with his/her fingertips over a block. 16 In many ball sports: a player who stays wide on either side of the pitch (resemblance with the shape of a wing). 17 In tennis (also called double/triple-bagle): not to be able to win a game in a match (6–0). In other sports: a player/team that plays with mistakes, badly. MICHAELA COCCA — VáCLAV ŘEŘICHA — ELIZABETH ALVARADO MARTíNEZ 135 Sports terminology also contains a substantial number of eponyms, which Crystal (2001, 107) defines as terms that have acquired a terminological meaning through being named after a person. Examples are: a hockey competition Stanley Cup18 > Stanlyův pohár or Rudolph19 > Rudolf, etc. Although the most frequent eponyms are named after the first performer or the inventor, eponyms may be found either derived from an ethnic group (cossack jump > kozáček), a country (canada > kanada) or a nation (Arabian handspring > arab). Despite the fact that eponyms occur in almost every sport (mainly names of competitions or sport events named after famous athletes, execution of a technique, etc.), presumably the highest number appears in gymnastics or figure skating, using terms derived from the names of those who invented or performed a figure for the first time at the international level. Owing to the fact that eponyms are mostly created by lexical borrowing, they will be further discussed in the correspondent subsection. 4. COMBINATION Terms created by combination include both phrasal and complex words, the former belonging to phraseology and the latter formed by word-formation processes (namely by affixes and compounding) (Lipka, 1992, 80). Despite the fact that affixation and compounding belong to the discipline of morphology and phraseology is a discipline itself, for the purpose of this paper they will be presented together. In fact, they share a common pattern, i.e. combination of phrasal and complex words, in order to create sports terms. In Milić (2013), terms belonging to the terminological system are in the following subsections referred to as ‘phrasal terms’ and those denoting multi-word lexical units as ‘phrasal lexemes’. 4.1. AFFIXATION Together with compounds, derivation is one of the most common processes of word formation. Although Czech an English may apply similar derivational processes as in (porazit — porazitelný, neporazitelný < beat — beatable, unbeatable respectively), the Czech language is more complicated in terms of distinguishing between word-formation and inflections (Hauser, 1996, 99–102). Both in Czech and English, suffixes can change a part of speech or its expressive function by being attached to a base word. According to the number of agentive nouns (denoting an agent) occurring in Czech sports terminology, it can be said that the most productive suffixes are: (1) –ista (hokejista, snowboardista, fotbalista, tenista, volejbalistka, basketbalista, etc.), (2) –ař/–ář (blokař, surfař, cyklokrosař, běžkař, oštěpař and slalomář, kajakář, házenkář, respectively), and (3) –er/–ér (gambler, boxer, manažer and trenér, masér, respectively). In some case, the Czech suffixes –ista and –ař/–ář correspond to the English suffix –er as in snowboardista < snowboarder, fotbalista < footballer, surfař < surfer, blokař < blocker, kajakář 18 Named after Lord Stanley of Preston, General Governor of Canada, who firstly awarded a trophy — a cup — to Canada’s top-ranking amateur ice hockey club. 19 Front somersault with triple turn named for Vaudeville’s Dave Roudolph who performed the skill on a trampoline in the late 1920s. 136 LINGUISTICA PRAGENSIA 2/2015 < kayaker, etc. As seen in these examples, the Czech suffixes –ař/–ář are those that most correspond to the English counterpart –er. Furthermore, a correspondence is found for the suffix –ista as well; though, in this case the English equivalents usually consist of two-word terms (such as tennis player, volleyball player, basketball player [though having its slang term baller]), where the agent — player — denoting the sport, finishes with –er, the sport being indicated by the preceding element. The examples of Czech sports terms ending in the English suffix –er shown in (3) are formed by borrowing the same from English rather than by suffixation. A certain number of nouns derived from nominal bases (names of sports) with an English suffix –ist, similar to Czech –ista also appear in the Czech sports terminology (e.g. rugbist > ragbista, cyclist > cyklista, canoeist > kánoista, etc.). As Bozděchová (2006) points out, new words are quite often formed in accordance with profession, occupation or interest, as in freestylista (the –ista suffix was added to the English borrowing freestyle) denoting a person, who does a freestyle sport. At the same time, we can find a new word such as vicemistryně directly denoting the gender of the person. Despite of the ambiguity of the English corresponding term vice-champion, still a context (a name) would be required in order to understand whether the champion is a woman or a man. Action nouns are predominantly derived from verbal bases and the suffix –ing and –ání/–ení in English and Czech respectively. For instance, running > běhání, jumping > skákání, swimming > plavání, throwing > házení, riding > ježdění, walking > chození, etc. As the English suffix –er, several English gerund nouns have been transshaped into Czech sports lexicon, either adapting the suffix in accordance with the Czech standards (training > trénink, stretching > strečink, pressing > presink) or keeping the original graphic form along with the Czech adaptation (yachting > jachting/jachtink, doping > doping/dopink). The infinitive forms of some of the Czech nouns mentioned above generally correspond to the infinitive forms of English verbs with the Czech suffix –ova(t) (box > boxovat, train > trénovat, dribble > driblovat, smash > smečovat, etc.). Owing to conversion, a considerable number of English state nouns keep the same form as verbs. On the contrary, as a result of class-changing suffixes –ova(t), –a(t)/á(t) and –i(t) their transshaped or translated equivalents in Czech have different forms. The examples are shown in their respective order: block (V: block) > blok (V: blokovat), score (V: score) > skóre (V: skórovat); jog (V: jog) > poklus (V: klusat), set (V: set) > nahrávka (V: nahrát); jump (V: jump) > skok (V: skočit) or screen (V: screen) > clona (V: clonit). In line with Milić (2013), in order to concisely define an exercise, Czech has formed several terms consisting of a nominal base denoting extremities and spatial-relationship prefixes such as před–, při–, u–, roz– and za–. These forms correspond to English multi-word phrasal units, e.g. hold arms downward > připažit, bring arms forward > předpažit, bring arms sideward > rozpažit, bring arms backward > zapažit, lift leg upward > zanožit, lift leg laterally > unožit, straddle > roznožit, etc. 4.2. COMPOUNDING Štekauer (2000, 93–129) considers compounds the most productive word-formation process in English. Nonetheless, the delimitation of compounds with regard to collocations and syntactic groups is not quite clear. Consequently, the status of many noun + noun or adjective + noun combinations is still ambiguous. Compounds can be MICHAELA COCCA — VáCLAV ŘEŘICHA — ELIZABETH ALVARADO MARTíNEZ 137 defined as combinations of word-formation basis of two or more independent words. Individual compound constituents do not contain inflectional morphemes, but it is only the compound as a whole that is inflected. On the other hand, groups of words in which the first constituent contains an inflectional morpheme are called syntactic groups. In these cases, the constituents then function as independent words. Examples in English and Czech sports terminology respectively are: offensive foul > útočný faul, defending wall > obranná zeď, scoring board > výsledková tabule, qualifying round > kvalifikační kolo, etc. However, there are exceptions to these general rules in the English language. For instance, the orthographic criterion is useless in English, since compounds can be written as a single unit, as two separate units, or they can be connected by a hyphen such as matchball, home run, and tie-break, respectively. Only a few hyphenated compounds are found in Czech sports terminology. The majority of them are English borrowings (e.g. tie-break [tajbrejk]). Moreover, some compounds do not follow the basic principle mentioned above, i.e. compounds consisting of uninflected word-formation basis such as in tournaments coordinator. As already mentioned, both in Czech and English, most compounds consist of two nouns, out of which the first one is a modifier. For instance, team-mate > spoluhráč, semi-final > semifinále, halftime > poločas. We can also find a number of transshaped Anglicisms that follow the same pattern as in tie-break > tie-break [tajbrejk] or playmaker > plejmejkr. With reference to these examples, though formed from nativised or local words, the original compound form is English, from where it is translated into Czech using predominantly word-for-word translation. In many cases, the English compounds are translated or transshaped into Czech, using: (1) one-word term (e.g. sportsman > sportovec, stop-watch > stopky, straightaway > rovina, etc.), (2) twoword phrasal terms (e.g. playmaker > tvůrce hry, raceway > závodní dráha, sportsdom > svět sportu, etc.), or (3) multi-word phrasal terms (e.g. one-on-one > situace jeden na jednoho, gate-money > celkový příjem na vstupném, etc). According to Svobodová (1999), English compounds are adapted into Czech sports lexicon based on the following four criteria: 1. Original nondeclinable compounds that were not orthographically adapted — Although these compounds appear in Czech sports terminology in nondeclinable forms, they are matched with a gender (e.g. power play, steeplechase — feminine, fair play — both feminine and neutral, and play off — all three genders). 2. Morphologically adapted compounds with the original orthography. These nouns are declined in accordance with the Czech rules, yet keep the original (i.e. English) orthography. For example, baseball, handicap, hattrick, homerun, kickbox, also including the words board(ing), tie-break, topspin. Other parts of speech or within the same part of speech the agents of an action may appear by means of adding suffixation. Among them we can find terms such as skateboarder, snowboarder, sparringpartner, windsurfer, pivotman, or sportsman. Other nouns were derived by means of Czech suffixes –ista and –ař (snowboardista, baseballista, –ka (pivotmanka, sparringparterka). Adjectives were formed by means of –ový (grandslamový). Verbal compounds were formed by the suffix –ovat (snowboardovat, windsurfovat). 138 LINGUISTICA PRAGENSIA 2/2015 3. Compounds adapted both morphologically and orthographically. These compounds were orthographically adapted and are declined in compliance with the Czech grammatical rules (e.g. backhand > bekhend, breakball > brejkbol, central court > centrkurt, floorball > florbal, rallycross > ralykros). 4. Hybrid compounds. (a) compounds adapted orthographically, e.g. cyklokros < cyclo-cross, motokros < moto-cross, sportkoktejl < sport cocktail; (b) compounds + substantive derivation of (a), e.g. cyklokrosař < cyclo-cross rider, motokrosař < motocross rider; (c) compounds not graphically adapted + compounds adapted both morphologically and orthographically, e.g. beachvolleyball > beachvolejbal, bodycheck > bodyček, fit-club > fit klub, fitness-club > fitness-klub, softball > softbal; (d) compounds adapted both morphologically and orthographically + morphologically adapted Anglicisms with the original orthography, e.g. goalman > gólman; (e) compounds adapted both morphologically and orthographically + Czech expressions, e.g. džezgymnastika ( jazz > džez + gymnastics > gymnastika; and (f) Anglicisms with the original orthography + Czech expressions, e.g. fitcentrum (fit > fit + center > centrum), jazzgymnastika < (jazz > jazz + gymnastics > gymnastika) or skiakrobacie (ski > ski + acrobatics > akrobacie). Compared to English sporting terms, Czech sports terminology uses more periphrastic expressions. This feature is most noticeable in compounds, since the Czech language does not create compounds as easily as English does. For this reason, the Czech language usually has to find another way to express English compounded words by means of paraphrasing them (e.g frontcourt > přední polovina hřiště, warm-ups > tepláková souprava na rozcvičení před zápasem, bench personnel > osoby doprovázející družstvo v prostoru lavičky, ding-dong > zápas vedený se štěstím, které se přiklání na obě strany). Similarly, paraphrasing is also required for quotational compounds (originally sentences or parts of sentences taken from their syntactic environment and used as one word) such as between-the-legs dribble > prohození mezi/pod nohama or pick-androll > útočná akce, kdy útočník odcloní obránce od spoluhráče, který má míč, a pak si rychle zaběhne ke koši, aby dostal přihrávku od téhož spoluhráče. The only phrase which has its equal counterpart in Czech is give-and-go > hoď a běž. Nevertheless, though most evident in compounds, periphrasis is also apparent in the Czech language with English expressions such as squad athlete, club sport and clutch. Due to the differences between these two languages Czech doesn’t have a simple translation and thus uses paraphrases: sportovec patřící k jádru družstva, sport organizaný sportovními kluby, rozhodující moment zápasu, respectively. 4.3. PHRASEOLOGY Phrasal units in sports terminology may appear in various patterns, ranging from two-word up to nine-word patterns. Naturally, the more complex a signified concept of a term is, the more the number of words increases. As Milić (2013) points out, phrasal expressions occurring in ball games mainly correspond to a penalized foul play. In gymnastics, a single performance is composed of several elements from which each has its own name. Thus, a complete exercise must consist of a set of words denoting the concept (triple back somersaults tuck > trojné salto vzad skrčmo). MICHAELA COCCA — VáCLAV ŘEŘICHA — ELIZABETH ALVARADO MARTíNEZ 139 Like English two-word patterns N+N, Adj+N, PresP+N, PastP+N and compounds, the corresponding patterns in Czech commonly consist of an adjective and a noun or two nouns. In most cases, the first of the pair functions as a modifier. Some examples can be shown: finish line(N+N) > cílová čára(Adj+N), club president(N+N) > prezident klubu(N+N(Gen)), fair-play(Adj+N) > férová hra(Adj+N), lost game(PastP+N) > prohraný gem(PastP+N), rained out(PastP+Particle) > zrušený kvůli dešti(PastP+Prep+N(Dat)), turnaround(V+Prep) > střídání stran(N+N), fizzle out(V+Particle) > skončit neslavně(V+Adv), player-manager(N+N) > hrající kapitán(PresP+N), score sheet(N+N) > zápis o utkání(N+N(Loc)), playing court(PresP+N) > hrací plocha(Adj+N), scoring player(PresP+N) > střelec(Affix), playmaking(N+PresP) > tvoření hry(N+N), pre-qualifying(Affix+PresP) > před-kvalifikační(Prep+Adj), sexdetermination test(N+N+N) > test na určení pohlaví(N+Prep+N+N(Gen)). Concluding from the above examples, the Czech language is influenced by the phraseological forms, whereas the grammatical forms of words are adapted in compliance with the standards of the Czech language. 7 meter line > čára sedmimetrového hodu, double-leg ½ circle > půkolo odbočmo kůň na šíř, 1 ½ turn > jeden a půltý obrat are examples of three-word phrasal expressions. As is evident, most of the phrasal units constitute a numerical modifier. Nevertheless, the formation of complex terms in English differs from the Czech terms depending on the availability of specific resources. Thus, Milić (2013) refers to these phrasal terms as functional equivalents. These equivalents result from a translation process called ‘functional approximation’, which Prćić (2008, 418) explains as a process connecting expression of a native language (L1) context with lexical resources of a second language (L2) in order to precisely reflect the referent’s function either by changing or keeping the literal conceptualisation. Regarding the differences between Czech and English, contrast can be found in the word-formation processes of phrasal units and their constituents (e.g. double-leg(comp) > kolo odbočmo) or changed conceptualisation (e.g. 7m shot > sedmimetrový hod vs. 7m line or 7 meter line > 7m čára, čára sedmimetrového hodu). Multi-word terms are the last phrasal lexemes occurring in both sports terminologies, usually denoting complex actions, officials’ signals or execution of an exercise consisting of several elements. These terms consist of a headword and a multiword modifier. Naturally, owing to the typological difference between Czech and English, the position of words as well as their syntactic function within a phrasal unit differs. Despite having a different syntactic function, the phrasal form of phrasal modifiers is usually the same in both languages. For instance, charging with the ball(Gerund+PhrAdj) > pronikání s míčem(Gerund+N(Instr)), game lost by forfeit(N+PhrAdj) > utkání prohrané bez boje(N+PhrAdj), or sagital balance free support(PhrN+PhrAdj) > přednožení bez oporu rukama(PhrN+PhrAdj). 5. BORROWING Milić (2013) in her study suggests that lexical items are usually, but not necessarily, borrowed in order to fill a lexical gap or as a result of the need for language economy. Furthermore, Katamba (1994, 191–194) mentions several reasons for a language to borrow words. Amongst them, he stresses cultural and social issues such as the contact 140 LINGUISTICA PRAGENSIA 2/2015 between people from different countries; the need for creating words for unfamiliar things; code-switching, especially in bilingual persons; and prestige. In sports terminology we can find borrowings such as time-out > time out [tajm aut], tie-break > tie break [taj brejk], set > set, match-ball > mečbol, extra > extra, limit > limit, manager > manažer, doubles > dabl, forehand > forhend, back > bek, goal > gól, etc. The number of borrowings in each sport depends on its age, popularity and people’s awareness of it. In other words, the so-called traditional sports do not use so many borrowings as the so-called ‘extreme’ or ‘modern’ sports do. This is evident especially in the ‘young’ sports, such as snowboarding, skating, and similar ones, where for technical figures there is a tendency to borrow lexical terms rather than to translate them (e.g. air (jump), half-pipe (relating to U-ramp), eggplant (a one-handed 180° invert), etc.). Lexical borrowings may also coexist with the local words as in penalty > (1) penalta, (2) rohový kop, bully > (1) buly, (2) vhazování, team > (1) tým, (2) družstvo, serve > (1) servis, (2) podání. On the other hand, the tendency seems to be to push the local terms aside as in box > (1) rohování, (2) box, football > (1) kopaná, (2) fotbal, voleyball > (1) odbíjená, (2) volejbal, where the former Czech equivalent is either not used any longer or appears only in educational or theme-related texts. As already commented upon in the section “Adding a new meaning to an existing word”, eponyms may be considered as a special group of lexical borrowings. With regard to the previous examples, most eponyms are found in gymnastics, figure skating, aerobics, but also for instance in snowboarding. Examples: Lutz jump > lutzův skok, Arabian handspring > (1) Arab, (2) odrazem jednonož přemet stranou zprosta, cossack jump > kozáček, Philips 66 > (1) Philips 66, (2) převrat, u kterého snowboardista najíždí pozadu ke stěně U-rampy, na hraně udělá stojku na zadní ruce, převrat vpřed a vyjede popředu, and also some others, such as McEgg, Michaelchuck, Miller flip, Haakon flip, marchenkov, tamaro, nezezon, etc. Considering that only two of the examples listed above are derived from a toponym (Arabian handspring) and an ethnic group (cossack jump), it can be said that eponyms deriving from athletes’ names predominate. It also should be pointed out that some of the above-mentioned toponyms such as Arabian handspring or Philips 66 were found to have a Czech translation as well. However, this translation usually requires a longer lexical phrase, which is the exact description of the exercise’s execution. Thus, considering the length of such phrase, it appears to be very economical to use the short, English borrowing. A number of clippings borrowed from English can be also found in Czech sports terminology. However, it must be pointed out that some of them are originally French borrowings in English. These acronyms are for instance names of the international sports federations such as FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), FIG (Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique), etc. These acronyms were borrowed by the English language and subsequently became English borrowings into Czech. English initialisms are predominantly borrowed in the same forms, keeping the same pronunciation (e.g. NBA (National Basketball Association) > NBA [enbíej], MVP (most valuable player) > MVP [emvípí], UEFA (United European Football Association) > UEFA [uefa]). Although the Czech sports terminology uses borrowed English acronyms, the full names used are their Czech translations, e.g. Evropská fotbalová unie, Unie evropských fotbalových unií (UEFA), Mezinárodní federace házené (IHF), Mezinárodní plavecká fed-