Lingwìstik Temz Linguistic Terms Términos Lingüísticos Adapted Anglicism: When an item of vocabulary is adapted to Llanito's Romance linguistic features: eg EN elastic = LL elâti (elastic) Half and Half: When an item of vocabulary shares features of both Llanito's Romance and English linguistic features: eg ES maestro de escuela (school teacher) + EN school teacher = LL tixekwela (school teacher) Semantic Extension: When a different meaning is attributed to an existing word in a language with a different meaning due to both languages sharing similar sounding words: e.g SP cartón (cardboard) + EN card (credit/debit card) = LL kartòn (credit/debit card) Semi / Un-Adapted Anglicism: When an item of vocabulary closely follows Llanito's English linguistic features: eg EN scanner = LL skana (scanner) Asè verbs: When a verb is composed of an infinitive (Romance base) + a gerund (English base): eg EN to print = LL asè prìnting (to print - literally: to make/do printing) Calque: When an item of vocabulary is literally translated into Llanito using terms pertaining to Llanito's Romance linguistic base: eg ES maestro de escuela (school teacher) + EN school teacher = LL tixekwela (school teacher) |
Naunz - Nouns - Sustantivos
Àdjektivz - Adjectives - Adjetivos
Vebz - Verbs - Verbos
Àdvebz - Adverbs - Adverbios
Sàfiksez - Suffixes - Sufijos
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