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Direct linkTaha, T.A. – Education, 2006
Over the centuries, English has shown a remarkable flexibility in borrowing foreign words, which has resulted in a very cosmopolitan vocabulary. This study examines some of the latest Arabic loanwords frequently used in the context of the war in Iraq. The nature of those words, their connotations, and the semantic shifts that some of them have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semitic Languages, Student Attitudes, Semantics
