8.3 Other Features of Indian English外国文学名著导读.pdf

Chapter Eight 8.3 Other Features of Indian English Word Formation (1) Loanwords (2) Loan translations (3) Hybrids (4) Innovations (5) Idioms Loanwords (借词) • Bungalow (one-storey house) • cheetah (Indian leopard) • basmati (a kind of rice) • sahib (Mr.) • goonda (Indian gangster) • achcha （‘all right’, in agreement ） • Borrowings from the local languages; • Reflecting the Indian life. Loanwords (借词) • pundit (the learned) • guru (great master, spiritual leader) • juggernaut (controller of the world) • ahimsa (non-violence) • nirvana (relieved from the cycle of death and rebirth) • Borrowings: reflecting the Indian culture. guru (great master, spiritual leader，领袖) ahimsa (non-violence ，非暴 力) Mahatma Gandhi 图片来源：/ugc/baikepic2/26261/20171222143609- 2005063034.jpg/0 Loan Translations (译借词) • dining-leaf (a banana leaf used to serve food) • cousin brother (a male cousin) • cousin sister (a female cousin) • co-brother-in-law (a man who is also someone’s brother-in-law) • dining-leaf (a banana leaf used to serve food) 图片来源：. Hybrids (杂交词) • brahminhood (the condition of being a Brahmin 婆罗门) • grameen bank (a village bank) • policewala (a policeman) • swadeshi clot (home-made cloth) 有缘学习更多+谓ygd3076考证资料 Innovations (创新词) • batch-mate (a classmate or fellow student) • by-two coffee (an order by two customers asking for half a cup of coffee each) • Eve-teasing (teasing or harrassing young women) • out of station (not in one’s town or place of work)