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ERIC Number: EJ337652
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Lexical Borrowings in Spanish: Function, Length, Genealogy and Chronology.
Patterson, William T.
Canadian Modern Language Review, v42 n3 p629-34 Jan 1986
A study reveals that lexical borrowing in Spanish, from a variety of languages including Latin, French, Italian, Greek, Arabic, Provencal, and Catalan, accounts for 41 percent of the basic Spanish vocabulary, with variation in source according to historical period. (MSE)
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Diachronic Linguistics, Linguistic Borrowing, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Word Frequency
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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