Sascha Wolfer · @sascha_wolfer
544 followers · 403 posts · Server fediscience.orgIn a previous corpus-linguistic study (https://doi.org/10.1093/ijl/ecz033), we found that #neologisms built only with 'native' #language material are accepted faster into the German language than #loanwords from #English.
Back then, we operationalized 'acceptance into the language' by the amount of 'flagging' (use of linguistic markers, e.g. quotes or "so-called").
#English #loanwords #language #neologisms
Martine Mussies :verified: · @martinemussies
290 followers · 457 posts · Server socel.netI am curious about the extent to which the Dutch colonization of Taiwan in the 17th century facilitated language contact and exchange, and how it influenced the presence of Dutch loanwords (or even syntactic similarities, and language structures) in contemporary regional Sinitic languages. Are there #Taiwanese people / folks living in #Taiwan here who know some Dutch loanwords in their language(s)?
#TootSEA #linguistics #formosa #loanwords #chinese #colonization
#Taiwanese #taiwan #tootsea #linguistics #formosa #loanwords #chinese #colonization
Bibliolater 📚📜🖋📐 · @bibliolater
333 followers · 1256 posts · Server qoto.orgEvolutionary Human Sciences, 4, E23. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/ehs.2022.16 #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Research #Article #IndoEuropean #History #Histodon #Histodons #Linguistics #Archaeology #Genetics #BronzeAge #CentralAsia #Loanwords #Uralic #Turkic #OldChinese #Language #Languages #Culture #Academia #Academic #Academics @histodon @histodon @archaeodons @science
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#openaccess #oa #journal #research #article #indoeuropean #history #OldChinese #histodon #histodons #linguistics #archaeology #genetics #bronzeage #centralasia #loanwords #uralic #turkic #language #languages #culture #academia #academic #academics
beSpacific · @bespacific
839 followers · 1569 posts · Server newsie.socialThe Radical #Reinvention of the #EnglishLanguage #Neologisms, #slang, #jargon, #acronyms and #loanwords are reshaping the language right before our eyes. https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/2023/04/20/radical-reinvention-english-language
#reinvention #englishlanguage #neologisms #slang #jargon #acronyms #loanwords
Simon · @simonwilliamson
46 followers · 205 posts · Server mastodon.worldIt just only occurred to me that English 'deliver' and German 'liefern' might be related. I checked and found that they both come from Latin 'līberō' via French 'delivrer' and 'livrer'.
#english, #german, #french, #latin, #loanwords
#english #german #french #latin #loanwords
Richard Penner · @Arpie4Math
71 followers · 239 posts · Server mathstodon.xyzAs I linger, COVID-leary, hunting for distraction,
I scrape the barrel of screen-inaction,
Seeking in my lackadaisical fashion,
For a hint of intellectual satisfaction.
Lo in the credits now unwinding,
A mystery of linguistic pining,
How does this borrowed thing,
Appear in transliteration surprising?
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One of the features of Japanese is that it is filled with words borrowed from Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, German, and English. Some have familiar meanings and pronunciations, and some have been remixed in ways that you might need a detective to unravel.
While de-stressing with some low-conflict anime¹, I watched the end credits scroll by and wondered why 「キャスト」(kyasuto) was the transliteration chosen for "cast". The 「キャ」(kya) mora (syllable) seemed like an odd choice in the absence of other factors.
The villain, as I see it, appears to be either a conscious choice to separate English homophones, or (perhaps more likely) two unrelated borrowings from different dialects of English.
US "cast" → /kæst/ → キャスト
UK "caste" → /kɑːst/ → カースト
But in either US or UK English, "cast" and "caste" are homophones! (Sometimes even along with "karst".)
On the Mac command line, we can recover much of the detail, without human contact because some text-to-speech engines approximate English, Japanese, or IPA phonetics. (But not one does all three.)
say -v Victoria -r 120 cast caste ; say -v Victoria -r 120 '/kæst/' '/kɑːst/' ; say -v Daniel cast caste ; say -v Kyoko -r 120 'キャスト、カースト'
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¹ Hulu in the US has both Bofuri (痛いのは嫌なので防御力に極振りしたいと思います) and By the Grace of the Gods (神達に拾われた男) which feature gentle, stress-free fun
#Mac #phonetics #doggerel #poetry #katakana #English #anime #Japanese #loanwords
#loanwords #japanese #anime #english #katakana #poetry #doggerel #phonetics #mac
ITI German Network · @ITIGerNet
30 followers · 31 posts · Server mastodon.worldHappy St. Patrick's Day!
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To mark the event, here are some English (& German) loan words which reportedly originated from the Irish language.
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clock/Glocke (clocc)
slew (sluagh)
brogues (bróg)
galore (go leor)
phoney (fáinne)
slogan (sluagh-ghairm)
smithereens (smidiríní)
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Can you think of any others?
#StPatricksDay2023 #etymology #loanwords
#stpatricksday2023 #etymology #loanwords
Itanglese e forestierismi · @itanglese
1524 followers · 438 posts · Server mastodon.uno«Il progetto "Onde a vapore" ultimamente si sta prendendo una pausa. Presidiamo però la zona!»
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#dilloinitaliano #dirloinitaliano #learnitalian #italianlanguage #linguaitaliana #inglesismi #anglicismi #forestierismi #languagepreservation #vivalitaliano #linguistica #patrimoniolinguistico #lessico #dizionario #tutelalinguistica #treccani #accademiadellacrusca #loanwords
#dilloinitaliano #dirloinitaliano #learnitalian #italianlanguage #linguaitaliana #inglesismi #anglicismi #forestierismi #languagepreservation #vivalitaliano #linguistica #patrimoniolinguistico #lessico #dizionario #tutelalinguistica #treccani #accademiadellacrusca #loanwords
Lauren Hall-Lew · @dialect
604 followers · 276 posts · Server mastodon.scotA fb thread made me pull out this SNL clip and I thought I'd share here, too. 32 years old and still lolsob hilarious and brilliant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWMp_z7Jnxw
"NBC News Personnel really emphasis the pronunciation of Spanish words, while the new Economics Correspondent does not. Aired 11/10/90"
#sociolinguistics #linguistics #loanwords #USEnglish #Spanish #pronunciation #awkward #soawkward
#soawkward #awkward #pronunciation #spanish #usenglish #loanwords #linguistics #sociolinguistics
David Hull 胡大衛 · @HuShuo
339 followers · 846 posts · Server mastodon.socialI love this article about words "gifted" to the English language.
We shouldn't ignore the violence that made it a global language, of course, and so '"gifted" might not be the best way of framing how English acquires words.
It's always growing and challenging us in ways that aren't always comfortable. English is promiscuous in the best way.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/12/english-words-world-global-speakers-language
Itanglese e forestierismi · @itanglese
1183 followers · 350 posts · Server mastodon.uno
Incredibile: si può dire "prodotto in Italia"! . . . .
#ondeavapore #ondevapore #dilloinitaliano #dirloinitaliano #learnitalian #italianlanguage #linguaitaliana #inglesismi #anglicismi #forestierismi #languagepreservation #vivalitaliano #linguistica #patrimoniolinguistico #lessico #dizionario #tutelalinguistica #treccani #accademiadellacrusca #vaporwaveitalia #synthwave80s #scifiartwork #vaporwaveaesthetic #futureart #loanwords
#loanwords #futureart #vaporwaveaesthetic #scifiartwork #synthwave80s #vaporwaveitalia #accademiadellacrusca #treccani #tutelalinguistica #dizionario #lessico #patrimoniolinguistico #linguistica #vivalitaliano #languagepreservation #forestierismi #anglicismi #inglesismi #linguaitaliana #italianlanguage #learnitalian #dirloinitaliano #dilloinitaliano #ondevapore #ondeavapore
Itanglese e forestierismi · @itanglese
1183 followers · 350 posts · Server mastodon.unoRicordate, l'inglesorum può coprire la mancanza di contenuti. 🤟
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#dilloinitaliano #dirloinitaliano #learnitalian #italianlanguage #linguaitaliana #inglesismi #anglicismi #forestierismi #languagepreservation #vivalitaliano #linguistica #patrimoniolinguistico #lessico #dizionario #tutelalinguistica #treccani #accademiadellacrusca #loanwords
#loanwords #accademiadellacrusca #treccani #tutelalinguistica #dizionario #lessico #patrimoniolinguistico #linguistica #vivalitaliano #languagepreservation #forestierismi #anglicismi #inglesismi #linguaitaliana #italianlanguage #learnitalian #dirloinitaliano #dilloinitaliano