Seminar 1 in Lexicology
Seminar 1 in Lexicology
Seminar 1 in Lexicology
2. Partial (alien – lacks one type of assimilation) which are subdivided into:
a) not assimilated semantically – shah, rajah, rickshaw, sherbet etc. denoting
objects peculiar to the original country;
b) not assimilated grammatically – genius – genii, bacillus-bacilli, formula-
formulae, index-indices;
c) not assimilated phonetically – machine, tobacco, camouflage, bourgeois
d) not assimilated graphically – ballet, buffet, bouquet, cliché, nazi, naїve etc;
3. Not assimilated at all (barbarism)– ciao, addio, affiche ( for placard), ad libitum
(‘for pleasure’), bambino, tête- a-tête, Blitzkrig, bon mot etc.