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    Mutual Recursion in Language

    reg@braythwayt.com (Reginald Braithwaite)发表于 2022-11-03 00:00:00
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    This is not a programming post.

    loanwords

    A loanword is a term taken from another language and used without translation; it has a specific meaning that (typically) does not otherwise exist in a single English word. Sometimes the word’s spelling or pronunciation (or both) is slightly altered to accommodate English orthography, but, in most cases, it is preserved in its original language.

    Résumé (🇫🇷) and kindergarten (🇩🇪) are loanwords.

    calques

    A calque, on the other hand, is a word or phrase taken from another language but translated (either in part or in whole) to corresponding English words while still retaining the original meaning.

    Forget-me-not calques Old French’s ne m’oubliez mye. Beer garden calques German’s biergarten.

    the grand conclusion

    But wait: Calque is a word taken from French and used without translation, so calque is a loanword! Meanwhile, loanword calques German’s lehnwort.

    Therefore… “Loanword” is a calque, and “calque” is a loanword!



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