Polysemy of loanwords (as an example of the originally Arabic lexical units)
Language lexical system is the most vulnerable for loanwords as this is the regular means to enlarge vocabulary. Getting into a new language environment, a loanword used to be adopted by all possible means - from phonetics to syntax - and inevitably obtains a number of new meanings. Thus it makes a...
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Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
2011-03-01
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| Series: | RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.rudn.ru/semiotics-semantics/article/view/7191 |