"loanshift" - 1 õppematerjal

Linguistics lexicon handout

have adapted in various ways to the phonological patterns of English). A calque is a word in one language that is based on a corresponding word in another language, formed by translating the subparts of the original word into the borrowing language. The classic example is English marriage of convenience based on French mariage de convenance. There are various other kinds of foreign influences on vocabulary. A loanshift is a change in the meaning or use of a word in one language based on the meaning or use of a similar- sounding word in another language. Also, languages that borrow heavily from a single foreign language are likely to create their own words that look like loanwords but are in fact not part of the source language (e.g. double-entendre appears French to English speakers but does not exist in French; a number of Western European languages use the apparently English