Posts Tagged ‘etymology’

Different Types of Calque

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Paronymous calque or loan word: is the result of an incorrect correspondence between two words that have similar forms or etymologies but that have evolved differently in their respective languages to the point that they now have different meanings (semantic transfer). At times it happens because, between two words etymologically related in English, but with [...]

 

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