Expressive loan
An expressive loan is a loanword incorporated into the expressive system of the borrowing language, making it resemble native words or onomatopoeia. Expressive loanwords are hard to identify, and by definition, they follow the common phonetic sound change patterns poorly. Likewise, there is a continuum between "pure" loanwords and "expressive" loanwords. The difference to a folk etymology is that a folk etymology or eggcorn is based on misunderstanding, whereas an expressive loan is changed on purpose, the speaker taking the loanword knowing full well that the descriptive quality is different from the original sound and meaning.
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Expressive loan
An expressive loan is a loanword incorporated into the expressive system of the borrowing language, making it resemble native words or onomatopoeia. Expressive loanwords are hard to identify, and by definition, they follow the common phonetic sound change patterns poorly. Likewise, there is a continuum between "pure" loanwords and "expressive" loanwords. The difference to a folk etymology is that a folk etymology or eggcorn is based on misunderstanding, whereas an expressive loan is changed on purpose, the speaker taking the loanword knowing full well that the descriptive quality is different from the original sound and meaning.
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An expressive loan is a loanwo ...... oan of Russian d'ogot' "tar".
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Un prestito espressivo è una p ...... he altrimenti conserverebbero.
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الاقتراض المعبر هو اقتراض ألفاظ أجنبية تستحضر إلى الأذهان معاني باطنية.
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An expressive loan is a loanwo ...... he original sound and meaning.
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Un prestito espressivo è una p ...... elli del vocabolo di partenza.
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الاقتراض المعبر هو اقتراض ألفاظ أجنبية تستحضر إلى الأذهان معاني باطنية.
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Expressive loan
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Prestito espressivo
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اقتراض معبر
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