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Re: Lexicons and Langauge Borrowing

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 16, 1999, 17:10
Padraic Brown wrote:
> I think a language that _doesn't_ borrow from its neighbours is rather > odd.
There are quite a few - Icelandic is famous for hating borrowings, and a number of languages have NO borrowed VOCABULARY, altho the grammar is often highly influenced by its neighbors. -- "It's bad manners to talk about ropes in the house of a man whose father was hanged." - Irish proverb http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-name: NikTailor