[Lexicog] rules when it comes to latin word roots

[Preslav Nakov]

There is a third reason.

Nowadays it is also very common to borrow a foreign word just because a
journalist likes it better than the one(s) already existing in the language.
Not because there is a real need for that word.
For example, Bulgarian (yellow) newspapers increasingly use "kilyr" (killer)
instead of "ubiec".

If the majority of the newspapers accept it, this can even lead to the death
of the original word.
This already happened to "diskovodesht" ==> became "DJ".
Or "telohranitel" => became "bodigard" or just "gard".

Preslav

-----Original Message-----
From: Dr. Hayim Y. Sheynin [mailto:hsheynin at gratz.edu]

Dear Arun,

I think you are occupied with a futile interests.
The new words appear only in two circumstances:
1. When a need for a new word, because there is a new thing or concept.
2. The poetic innovation for better expressibility (literary neologisms).

Otherwise it is possible to create thousands new words and they will not be
accepted by the users of a particular language.

What is your native language?

Best wishes,
Dr. Hayim Y. Sheynin



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