HOW MULTILINGUAL PRIMARY NEOLOGISMS AND MULTILINGUAL SECONDARY NEOLOGISMS SHAPE EUROPEAN CULTURE

In this article we define primary and secondary neology creation and distinguish between multilingual primary and secondary neologisms. The aim is to clarify how insights in terminology theory can contribute to a better understanding of European multilingual culture. It has been claimed that European multilingual policy amounts to little more than a myth of equality among languages. Today most of the European Union information flow moves from an original draft in Euro-English to translations into Euro-varieties of the other 23 official languages. Pragmatically considered English is the dominant language in Europe but at the same time the principle of equally authentic documents guaranties European multilingual primary term creation. This phenomenon contributes to multilingual Europeanization and ultimately to the coming into existence of a European identity and culture. Culture is understood as emerging from the language habits of a group. As a group, Europeans master 24 official languages.