The-Loan-Words-in-English.ppt

1、The Loan Words in English,English has been a kind of international language because of its simple and rich. Being one of the most absorbing language, the formation of English vocabulary is very complex. The loanwords riched English vastly, and have made its expression more vividly and relevantly. Se

2、ened from the whole development of history, the English has always been affected by the borrowed words.,Loan words is one of the most important part of the English vocabulary. In any dictionary some 80% of the entries are borrowed” which indicated that there were a large number of borrowed words in

3、English.,Fourkindsoflanguages: Scandinavianlanguages,French,LatinandChinese,havemadeagreatimpactonEnglish.,Words borrowed from Chinese,Confucius孔子。从“孔夫子”音译而来。 Kungfu中国武术。 “功夫”。 Bonsai 盆栽(花卉的一种) Kowtow极其卑顺的态度, “磕头”。,Words borrowed from Chinese,Tofu豆腐 Silk丝绸，源于中文的“丝 Tai-chi（chuan）太极或太极拳 (shadow boxing

4、) Tea 茶（闽方言) Tong秘密组织，帮会。从汉语“堂”派生而来。 typhoon 台风 “Long time no see”很久不见。,TheBorrowingofScandinavianLanguages,For example : Nouns: anger、cake、egg、gate、kid、knife、leg、link、root、window Adjectives: awkward、happy、same、ugly、wrong Verbs: call、get、hit、take、want、raise,TheLoaningofFrench,Law and government: cou

5、rt, crime, defendant（被告）, evidence, government, jail（监狱）, judge, parliament Church: chaplain（牧师）, prayer（祷告）, preach（说教）,religion（宗教）, saint（圣人）,Military: army, artillery（大炮）, battle, captain, company（连队） corporal（下士）, defense（防卫）, enemy, navy（海军）, volunteer Cooking: beef, broil（烤）, butcher（屠夫）, din

6、e（用餐）, fry（油炸食物）, roast（烤肉）,Words borrowed from Latin,Latin: area(地区) genius（天赋） disc/disk（磁盘） cup（杯子/奖杯） gradual（平缓的） habitual（习惯的） mountain（山脉） peninsula（半岛） physician（医师） ultimate（最终的） expensive（昂贵的） compensate（赔偿） superintendent（负责人）,Words borrowed from Greek,Greek：anonymous（匿名的） atmosphere（气氛，大

7、气） autograph（手稿） catastrophe（大灾难） comedy（喜剧） data（数据） philology（语言学） pneumonia（肺炎） prologue（序言） skeleton（瘦骨如柴的人） tragedy （悲剧）,Words borrowed from Japanese,Japanese: geisha（歌妓）, judo（柔道）,karate（空手道）, karaoke（卡拉ok）, kimono（和服）, samurai（武士）, soy（酱油）, sumo（相扑）, sushi（寿司）, tsunami（海啸）,It was the continuous blending of the borrowed words that enriche