Re: Attn: Spanish speakers
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, August 31, 2002, 6:18 |
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On 30 Aug 02, at 19:51, John Cowan wrote:
> There are three kinds of words in Spanish (and other ROmance languages):
> those which descend from Latin, those which were borrowed from Latin
> with only slight modifications, and those which were borrowed from Latin
> but have been modified substantially. "Muerte" belongs to the first
> class: "mortal" to the second.
This works in conlangs as well, if they are descended from an ancestor
language. For example, Verdurian has words which descend from Cadhinor
alongside with "reborrowings" which scholars took directly from the
language with only slight modifications.
Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>