Query Details
| Query Subject: |
Calques in Philippine languages
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| Author: | Piers Kelly | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Lexicography
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| Query: |
I would like to find examples of calqued Spanish phrases in languages
of the Philippines. I used to believe that the expression Maayung buntag ('good morning') in the Visayan language of the southern Philippines was a calque of the Spanish phrase Buenos días. Now I'm not so sure because I've been made aware of similar phrases in Indonesian and Nen (a language of PNG). Any leads would be appreciated. Cheers, Piers |
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| LL Issue: | 23.1111 | |
| Date posted: | 05-Mar-2012 | |
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