Essays about: "linguistic borrowing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words linguistic borrowing.

1. 1. “Yebo Gogo, it’s time to braai Mzansi!” Code-Switching, Borrowing, Prestige, Slang, and Persuasion in the Digital Marketing Industry of South Africa

   University essay from

   Author : Daniel Neate; [2022]
   Keywords : Advertising; code-switching; borrowing; slang marketing; covert or overt prestige;

   Abstract : This paper will analyse code-switching, borrowing, slang, and covert or overt prestige in online and television media. The days of OOH (Out Of Home) advertising are becoming obsolete and moving toward a digital age. READ MORE

3. 2. English profanities in Nordic-language tweets : A comparative quantitative study

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Johannes Widegren; [2022]
   Keywords : Profanity; swearing; swear words; bad language; pragmatic borrowing; loanwords; contact linguistics; Nordic languages; Twitter; geo-tagging; Nordic Tweet Stream; adaptation; Fula ord; svärord; pragmatiska lån; lånord; kontaktlingvistik; nordiska språk; Twitter; geo-taggar; Nordic Tweet Stream; anpassning;

   Abstract : English profanities (i.e. potentially offensive words, including swear words) have been in use for decades in the Nordic languages – Icelandic, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Finnish – and offer a multitude of opportunities for linguistic expression, along with the domestic, heritage profanities in each language. READ MORE

4. 3. 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

5. 4. 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

6. 5. 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