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Thus it can be used more narrowly than the English loan-word.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Sotomayor’s Lecture, “A Latina Judge’s Voice”: 2009
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My teacher assumed that the meanings would be identical because the Japanese word is a loan-word taken from English.
Khaos » 2008 » March 2008
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My teacher assumed that the meanings would be identical because the Japanese word is a loan-word taken from English.
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My teacher assumed that the meanings would be identical because the Japanese word is a loan-word taken from English.
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For example, in the scene in Julie's circle where they decide to ban the use of French and impose a fine on those who make a slip, he makes them use a German loan-word (shtraf) for "a fine" and (as if to underscore the irony) repeats it several times.
Tolstoy's Real Hero Figes, Orlando 2007
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In any society there exists a somewhat mysterious consensus, which changes over the decades, and for which it is not pretentious to use the German loan-word Zeitgeist (spirit of the times).
The God Delusion Dawkins, Richard, 1941- 2006
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And the reason people find a neologism ridiculous is because it has to replace a old and commonly used loan-word.
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A word like sinkbróðir' for cadmium' contains a loan-word, but the compound as a whole is unique in the world.
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Icelanders have become less fanatic as for defending their language and the youth loves to used loan-word dense slang.
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An example of a loan-word with meaning shift: un/ein/uno "smoking" is a formal jacket/suit - dinner jacket or tux - in at least French, German, Spanish and Italian.
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