Semantics and Pragmatics of False Friends

Chamizo-Domínguez, Pedro J.

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“…The former is purely accidental while the latter occurs due to lexical borrowing. This taxonomy agrees with that of Chamizo-Domínguez andNerlich (2002), Chamizo-Domínguez (2008) and Roca-Varela (2015). However, it differs from them in terms of semantic FFs.…”

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“…Therefore, the current study will be the first of its type in this regard. It aims at tracing such lexical false items in the two languages, examining their meanings and forms, and focusing on chance FFs and semantic FFs as introduced by Veisbergs (1996), Chamizo-Domínguez (2008), andRoca-Varela (2015).…”

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“…The phenomenon of false friends has been a topic of hot discussion in the areas of linguistics, language acquisition, translation, and lexicography. False friends (FFs) are generally defined as pairs of words that look or sound phonologically and/ or orthographically similar in two languages, but differ significantly in meaning (Chamizo-Domínguez &Nerlich, 2002;Chamizo-Domínguez, 2008;Nida, 2000;Roca-Varela, 2014;2015;Veisbergs, 1996).Pairs like English carpet 'rug' vs. Spanish carpeta 'folder', English gift'present'vs. German Gift 'poison', and English dean 'a boss of a college' vs. Arabic ‫[دين‬di:n]'religion' are typical examples of FFs in the given languages.…”

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“…FFs are classified in the literature from different points of view (Al-Wahy, 2009;Beltrán, 2006;Chamizo-Domínguez, 2008;Veisbergs, 1996;Yaylaci&Argynbayev, 2014). Semantically speaking, and according toVeisbergs (1996: 628-29),FFs can be divided into three main groups:i) false friends proper, ii) occasional or accidental false friends, and iii) pseudo false friends.…”

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“…The L2 learner builds an imaginative lexeme for the native one, thinking that the native word must have a similarequivalent in L2. From the perspective of form, FFs can be homographs (those which have the same or very similar spelling) or homophones (those which have the same or very similar pronunciation) (Chamizo-Domínguez, 2008). Moreover, lexical FFs can be differentiated from what is called idiomatic false friends.…”

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False friends and lexical borrowing: A linguistic analysis of false friends between English and Arabic

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2021

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This theoretical study aims at raising awareness of the existence of lexical false friends (FFs) in English and Arabic as genetically unrelated languages. It also provides a general categorization for FFs from a semantic point of view. A sample of more than fifty FF pairs is examined by contrasting their form, pronunciation and meaning. The analysis reveals that English Arabic FFs are of two types: Chance FFs (occur by coincidence) and semantic FFs(exist via lexical borrowing), the former being more frequent than the latter. This taxonomy is in line with those introduced by Chamizo-Domínguez (2008) and Roca-Varela (2015). Semantic FFs can be total (due to semantic shift, ellipsis, or figurative extension) or partial (through the process of semantic narrowing). Chance FFs are more problematic in the sense that they cause various degrees of embarrassment and confusion due to the fact that some constituents of FF pairs involve taboo and offensive words. Thus, such lexical FFs are considered potential agents that may create misunderstanding, miscommunication and confusionamong L2 learners.

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Review of The expressiveness of perceptual experience: Physiognomy reconsidered.

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Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain

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Pratt (1931, p. 203) writes: "It is perhaps unfortunate, for a theoretical understanding of music, that these characters of tonal movement, because of their formal affinity to bodily movements, are so frequently described by words which also denote moods and emotions, for these auditory characters are not emotions at all. They merely sound the way moods feel." Elsewhere Pratt writes: "The composer who strives to give musical expression to his mood or emotion manages to discover and mould, presumably in most cases quite unconsciously, a tonal design which resembles very closely the internal pattern of his own affective state. The music then sounds the way an emotion feels" (quoted in Ferguson, 1960, p. 27).

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