Essays about: "lexical borrowing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words lexical borrowing.

  1. 1. Are Russian loanwords more permanent than the Sino-Russian treaties? : A study of the integration and use of Russian lexical borrowings in Modern Standard Chinese with a historical perspective on language contact

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Katja Pomortseva; [2022]
    Keywords : Chinese; Russian; loanwords; language contact; word frequency; lexical borrowing; corpus linguistics;

    Abstract : China and Russia began their shared history in the 17th century and have since had stable and unstable language contact which has had an effect on the Russian-Chinese linguistic exchange. This study explores the integration and use of Russian loanwords in Modern Standard Chinese by using two quantitative methods. READ MORE

  3. 2. Cactuses or Cacti? : A corpus-based study on the use of Latin nominal inflection in American English

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Hanna Bengtsson; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : As a result of language contact and influence, the English language contains a significant amount of lexical items borrowed from other languages. Whilst the borrowing of inflectional morphology is not very common, English does use several Latin plurals in their original form. READ MORE

  4. 3. Quantifying loanwords: A study of borrowability in the Finnish lexicon

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Sandra Cronhamn; [2018]
    Keywords : loanwords; Finnish; Uralic languages; language contact; borrowing; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The current study set out to investigate patterns of loanwords in a sample of 1,460 lexical meanings in the Finnish lexicon by means of quantitative methods. The methodology used was borrowed from the Loanword Typology project (Haspelmath & Tadmor 2009a), and consisted of a template including various fields, where information about each lexical item was coded. READ MORE

  5. 4. Peloton versus Pack & Bunch : A study of French lexical borrowing in live English cycling commentary

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Sebastian Fernandez Almlöf; [2017]
    Keywords : Loanword; borrowing; lexical borrowing; cycling terminology; commentary;

    Abstract : The sport of cycling is an ever expanding global phenomenon, drawing crowds in their thousands to watch the races unfold. Its community has a distinct vocabulary, with many terms borrowed from several other languages, principally French. READ MORE

  6. 5. Old Norse loanwords in modern Irish

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Robert Farren; [2014]
    Keywords : Irish; Middle Irish; Old Norse; loanwords; semantic domains; lexical borrowing; Vikings; prototypicality; radial networks; semantic change.; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This study questions the received wisdom that surviving Old Norse loanwords in modern Irish are fewer than 50 in number and are mostly shipping-related. The eventual goal is a complete survey of all Old Norse loanwords still “in common use in modern Irish” (Greene 1976: 80), since nothing of the sort has been found in the literature. READ MORE