<strong>Date of reading:</strong> 01/01/1992

<h2>Board of Examiners:</h2>

CIERBIDE MARTINENA RICARDO (Chairperson)<br>IRIGOIEN ETXEBARRIA ALFONSO (Member)<br>ZABALETA URKIOLA IÑAKI (Member)<br>ETXEBARRIA AYEITA JUAN MANUEL (Member)<br>ALVAREZ ENPARANTZA JOSE LUIS (Secretary)

<h2>Descriptors:</h2>

POLITICAL SCIENCE<br>LEXICOLOGY<br>LINGUISTICS<br>SYNCHRONIC LINGUISTICS<br>MASS MEDIA<br>PUBLIC OPINION

<h2>Summary:</h2>

THE THESIS SYSTEMATIZES THE DIFFERENT TRENDS APPARENT IN THE BASQUE LANGUAGE WHEN ORGANIZING ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS, ETC. THE PHONOLOGICAL PROBLEMS DERIVING FROM THESE ARE ANALYZED, AND A MAJOR LIST OF COMMON ABBREVIATIONS IN CURRENT EUSKARA IS ALSO INCLUDED.