Lexical Borrowing, Categorization, and Mental Representation
Lexical Borrowing, Categorization, and Mental Representation
Author(s): Attila BenőSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Keywords: word borrowing; lexical categorization; semantic change; representation; lexical codability
Summary/Abstract: The article argues that lexical borrowing is not only motivated by cultural factors linked to prestige or economical aspects but also by the speakers’ need for new lexical-semantic categories and for highly expressive metaphorical terms to operate with, which makes them borrow words. The semantic changes of the lexical borrowings point to the creation of new items in the semantic fields of the receiving language. The integration of borrowings into Hungarian and Romanian exemplifies these processes.
Journal: Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica
- Issue Year: 9/2017
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 53-61
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English