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minus-square@hakase@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish9•3 months agoAll of this is correct, except that it’s not a “mistranslation”, it’s a borrowing. Boundaries between words and morphemes are commonly lost in borrowing, and borrowed sounds commonly undergo adaptation as well.
minus-squareNielsBohronlinkfedilinkEnglish5•3 months agoThank you. Linguistics is not my field, obviously
All of this is correct, except that it’s not a “mistranslation”, it’s a borrowing. Boundaries between words and morphemes are commonly lost in borrowing, and borrowed sounds commonly undergo adaptation as well.
Thank you. Linguistics is not my field, obviously