Re: Borrowing Words
| From: | Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, September 26, 2003, 13:10 |
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--- Sam Drost <sdrost@...> wrote:
> How does one borrow words from another language
> when that word doesn't fit
> the phonology or has illegal consonant clusters
> in the target language?
Add vowels. Alter consonants. Simplify or
complicate clusters as necessary. Consider
whether the conculture has a Language Academy
that regulates how or even if words are borrowed.
Don't neglect translation borrowings, like
"farseer" for television.
Padraic.
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