Question

What sort of words have come into the lexicon via borrowing and language contact in PDE?

Accepted Answer

Mostly culture-specific and are concrete nouns rather than abstract ones e.g. from Japanese 'bonsai', from Spanish 'salsa', from Urdu 'samosa'

Front	What sort of words have come into the lexicon via borrowing and language contact in PDE?
Back	Mostly culture-specific and are concrete nouns rather than abstract ones e.g. from Japanese 'bonsai', from Spanish 'salsa', from Urdu 'samosa'

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