Publications

Publication details [#20690]

Polomé, Edgar C. 1986. A few notes on Dutch terms of Indian origin. In Johansen, Jorgen Dines and Harly Sonde, eds. Pragmatics and linguistics: Festschrift for Jacob L.Mey. Odense UP. pp. 141–150.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

diachrony vs. synchrony | language contact

Language as a subject

Dutch | Indian

Annotation

Analysis of some Dutch words that can be traced back to an Indian origin (resulting from centuries of direct contact between the two language groups).