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- The basis of the Italian lexicon is primarily Latin, with substrate features already existing in the languages spoken before the diverse population on the peninsula was Latinized, prior to the gradual conquest by the Romans, and with terms borrowed from Greek.
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A behind-the-scenes exploration into how and why languages borrow and lend words. Alexis Chin and Anna Serrichio. You don’t have to be a linguist to be able to identify certain well-known “borrowed” words—words that are adapted from one language into another.
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In our first extract, Professor Crystal discusses a number of English words and explains why there are such differences between their spelling and pronunciation. As he explains ‘There’s a story behind every word.’ Many of these stories relate to the influence of other languages on English spelling, for example: Why strudel and not stroodle? When Ge...
In the second extract, taken from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, Professor Crystal demonstrates the significant impact that other languages have had on English vocabulary. He explains: English, perhaps more than any other language, is an insatiable borrower. Whereas the speakers of some languages take pains to exclude foreign w...
In this final extract, taken from David Crystal’s 50 Questions About English Usage, Professor Crystal begins by explaining the origins of accents in English spelling: They were first introduced in unfamiliar loanwords as an aid to reading. In some cases they remind people that a vowel has to be sounded. A final e in words like same and home is sile...
Oct 30, 2019 · Linguists describe two causalities for borrowing: need, i.e., the internal pressure of borrowing a new term for a concept in the language, and prestige, i.e., the external pressure of borrowing a term from a more prestigious language.
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Feb 3, 2014 · Although English is now borrowing from other languages with a worldwide range, the number of new borrowed words finding their way into the shared international vocabulary is on a long...
Aug 23, 2023 · The basis of the Italian lexicon is primarily Latin, with substrate features already existing in the languages spoken before the diverse population on the peninsula was Latinized, prior to the gradual conquest by the Romans, and with terms borrowed from Greek.
Apr 1, 2019 · In lexicology, a loanword (also spelled loan word) is a word (or lexeme) imported into one language from another language. These words are also called a borrowed word or a borrowing. The term loanword, from the German Lehnwort, is an example of a calque or loan translation.
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