Lexical borrowing and semantic changes in the Chasu speech community of Tanzania
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DOI: 10.1080/02572117.2025.2488441
Abstract: In Same District, Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, there is a long-lasting contact situation with Chasu, Kiswahili and English languages. As a result, Chasu has frequently borrowed new terms and concepts from Kiswahili and English. Other studies… read more here.
Keywords: borrowing semantic; speech; lexical borrowing; semantic changes ... See more keywords
Indications of lexical-semantic changes in the Arabisms of the Kingdom of Granada (1493-1612): the lexical competition between almádena and martillo
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DOI: 10.7764/onomazein.51.09
Abstract: The objective of the present study is to analyze a couple of lexical items formed by an Arabism and a Romance voice (almadena and martillo) through a corpus of documents linked to the ancient Kingdom… read more here.
Keywords: kingdom; semantic changes; indications lexical; kingdom granada ... See more keywords