Linguistic term needed

Rory M Larson rlarson at unlnotes.unl.edu
Mon Apr 12 00:13:12 UTC 2004


Does anybody have a proper linguistic term for the phenomenon
of borrowing a word from a foreign language in such a way as to
build a native construction that approximately chimes with the
phonological sequence of the original?  I've been using "pun",
but I suspect there's a more appropriate term for it.

Thanks!
Rory



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