Re: Lexicons and Langauge Borrowing

[Padraic Brown <pbrown@POLARIS.UMUC.EDU>]

On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:

> Padraic Brown wrote:
> > I think a language that _doesn't_ borrow from its neighbours is rather
> > odd.
>
> There are quite a few - Icelandic is famous for hating borrowings, and a
> number of languages have NO borrowed VOCABULARY, altho the grammar is
> often highly influenced by its neighbors.

Of course, this is still borrowing, just not lexical.  Although I don't
remember any of the actual words, our Old Norse professor talked a bit
about Modern Icelandic and the native terms for things like radio and tv.

Padraic.

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