Syntagmas of sports terminology in Serbian language.

Scientific technical vocabulary in Serbian is amply susceptible to the adoption of new words due to the constant development of science and technology and to the emergence of new scientific fields of knowledge, so term formation is of a vital role in lexicology and terminology evolution, and the area of physical education and sports terminology in Serbian is no exception. Gloss formation systems and their language units are highly influenced by syntactic means of nomination, namely syntagmas. Not all syntagmas are evenly represented in contemporary language. Consequently, several questions are posed and tackled in this paper: (1) can, this language unit, (syntagma and syntagma construction) assume term values in sport and physical education terminology in Serbian and the answer to this question is positive, and then (2) what is the best way to recognize when a syntagma or syntagma construction assumes a terminological value. This research will probe into the analysis of the structural grammar characteristics of syntagmas and their lexical and grammar classes and subclasses using the faculty course books for the Serbian corpus. The paper then identifies and describes language structures of syntagmas that in sports language in Serbian assume term values (that is term usage values). On the basis of the obtained research results one can conclude that in sports games terminology in Serbian, within the class of two parts syntagmas, the dominant role is ascribed to the noun syntagmas in several different models, with the verb, that is with the noun as the main word.