| Lemma | loan-form |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Bloomfield (1935) |
| Titolo | Language |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | |
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| Citazioni | When adaptation is completed, [...] the foreign origin of the form has disappeared, and neither the speaker nor, consequently, a relevant description can distinguish it from the native forms. The historian, however, who is concerned with origins, will class it as a 'loan-form'. |