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Volume 13 : 3 March 2013
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Exploring the Semantic Changes in Persian Loan Words
Used in Brass Industry of Moradabad

Md. Shariq, Ph.D. Scholar

Abstract

The concept of Semantic Change and Borrowing is the major concern of the present study and it focuses on the terminologies borrowed from Persian language which are used in Brass Industry of Moradabad. Consequently the study attempts to raise some of the pertinent questions like; what happens to a new or complex terminology once it has been formed, coined, or borrowed from another language, and is used by a larger number of speakers? What changes does such a word (Terminology) undergo? Nowadays terminology is recognized as an independent branch of science, its close links with linguistics determine the dominating role of lingual principles in formation of terminology. The lexical aspect of those principles supposes to respect the specifies of the terminological stratum in the general lexical system of language, the interrelations of terms and non-terms, terminological and general vocabulary, the connections between terminology and professionally, socially, territorially, historically and stylistically limited lexical layers, etc.

Key Words: Borrowing, Semantic change, Semantic Broadening, Semantic Narrowing, Semantic Shift.

1.1 Introduction

This study aims to highlight the semantic modifications of Persian loanwords in Moradabad Brass Industry. The meaning will be different from the original meaning because of the borrowing process. According to Tsujimura (1996), when borrowing takes place, some changes in semantic contents of the original words seem to be usual. It also seems that the different origin of loanwords contribute to a certain orientation that the words carry. Due to the reasons above, this research is intended to examine the semantic changes that occur in loanwords.

Despite the high level of standardisation and internationalisation, there are many deeply rooted cultural, communicational, and linguistic differences in all domain related specialised terminologies.

A conception of “termeme” gives for the words of various parts of speech a possibility to allocate a definite place within terminological systems and terminological vocabulary in general. The “termeme” is a conceptually united combination of termination with a term as the central member and words of other parts of speech as secondary members. Vitally important principle follows as well from such aspect like- Semantic one (differentiation of the meaning of terms and elements of terms, the separating of the semantic functions of terms of different structures, etc.)

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Md. Shariq, Ph.D. Scholar
Department of Linguistics
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh – 202002
Uttar Pradesh
India
Shariq7771@gmail.com
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