Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agoIt's amazing so many people are able to use English as a second language.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1imageIt's amazing so many people are able to use English as a second language.lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareSiegfried@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 months agoEnglish is a germanic language. Is loanword an actual calque, and not an “evolved” version of a root word?
minus-squarebitwaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoLoanword came into the language around 1860 so it is a claque. If it had been in the vocabulary since old-english then it would just be an evolved version of the German root.
English is a germanic language. Is loanword an actual calque, and not an “evolved” version of a root word?
Loanword came into the language around 1860 so it is a claque. If it had been in the vocabulary since old-english then it would just be an evolved version of the German root.