How is sports terminology evolving in modern Spanish media

The evolution of sports terminology in modern Spanish media involves a significant incorporation of anglicisms—English terms related to various sports like golf, basketball, rugby, and cycling—due to globalization and the influence of English-language sports culture. These anglicisms are extensively used in contemporary Spanish newspapers and digital media, with sports vocabulary adapting to new realities and technologies in sports coverage. ¹

Additionally, the language used in Spanish sports journalism is increasingly shaped by cultural, social, and global influences, leading to new linguistic structures and specialized terms appearing in the sports news discourse of the 21st century. Football-specific language, for example, shows unique syntactic traits, including the omission of certain objects and unconventional verb usage that reflects the context of the sport. ^{2, 3}

Overall, sports terminology in modern Spanish media is dynamic, reflecting both linguistic borrowing from English and the adaptation of existing Spanish terms to modern sports contexts and media practices. ^{3, 1, 2}

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