Different Types of Calque
Paronymous calque or loan word: is the result of an incorrect correspondence between two words that have similar forms or etymologies but that have evolved
March 13, 2009
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What is a calque?
It is a class of loan in which phrase is borrowed from another language, but each of the elements of the phrase are translated. This
March 6, 2009
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What is a Linguistic Loan?
This type of word is one that is taken from one language and used in another without translation, demonstrating a lexical vacuum in the latter.
February 26, 2009
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Language Change and Technology
Following up on my last blog, it is worth discussing another important cause of language change: technology. While technological innovation and dissemination have always influenced
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