VOCABULARY REFORMULATION: THE CASE OF ETYMOLOGICAL DOUBLETS IN FRENCH Cover Image

REFORMULATION DU VOCABULAIRE : LE CAS DES DOUBLETS ÉTYMOLOGIQUES EN FRANÇAIS
VOCABULARY REFORMULATION: THE CASE OF ETYMOLOGICAL DOUBLETS IN FRENCH

Author(s): Elvana Kehayova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Lexis, Historical Linguistics
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: etymology; doublets; loanwords; origin

Summary/Abstract: This paper is dedicated to etymological doublets in French. The purpose is to group existing words in French according to their common origin and to propose a new typology of these groups of words. The majority of the cases studied are words with Latin origin but there are also some examples from other languages. A related issue which is addressed are the loanwords and the socio-historical factors which determine the language development

  • Issue Year: 8/2022
  • Issue No: 2 (16)
  • Page Range: 108-125
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: French