Lexical interference

Translations

interferenza lessicale | interférence lexicale | lexikalische Interferenz

Article

Type of interference between languages that affects the lexicon of a language, with no alteration of its grammatical structures (cf. Thomason and Kaufman 1988, 77-78). Generally, in involves the borrowing of words.

Example

See loanword.

References

Thomason, S. and Kaufman, T. 1988. Language Contact, Creolization, and Genetic Linguistics. Berkeley.