Entertainment / Literature / Loanword: A word borrowed or adapted from another language.
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Entertainment / Literature / Borrowing: As Simon Horobin defines it, 'The process by which words are adopted into one language from another' (192). Linguists use this term because borrowing sounds better than the term stealing, which would MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Hallel: (Hebrew, 'celebrate,' possibly adopted as a loanword from Eblaite) A hymn of praise, specifically in Psalms 113-18, each of which is headed with the plural imperative verb, Hallelujah. The hallel was MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Sprachbund: (Ger. 'speech bond'): A group of languages--often technically unrelated to each other otherwise--that are spoken in the same geographic area or shared by members of the same occupation. Since they ten MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Yahwist Text: In biblical studies, this textual tradition contrasts with the E Text and the P Text appearing in Genesis and other parts of the Torah. As for the abbreviation 'J,' in German transliteration of Hebrew MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Aureate Diction: (alias AUREATE TERMS) As Simon Horobin puts it, 'An elevated rhetorical style of writing characterized by a large number of Latinate loanwords' (192). The use of unusual words from Latin was a conscio MORE
Business / Human Resources (HR) / Specialization: A principle stating that, as an organization grows, work within the organization needs to be divided in order to keep jobs from becoming so specialized or complex that they require a greater range of MORE