Book 11. (1 results) Slave Girl of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 4 | 314 | Yet, the language is fluid, View more quotes about rich">rich and expressive. |
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Book 11. (7 results) Slave Girl of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 4 | 311 | She did not understand my outburst. |
| 4 | 312 | Gorean, as I would learn, is rich in words borrowed from Earth languages; how rich it is I am not a skilled enough philologist to conjecture. |
| 4 | 313 | It may well be that almost all Gorean expressions may be traced to one or another Earth language. |
| 4 | 314 | Yet, the language is fluid, rich and expressive. |
| 4 | 315 | Borrowed expressions, as in linguistic borrowing generally, take on the coloration of the borrowing language; in time the borrowings become naturalized, so to speak, being fully incorporated into the borrowing language; at this point they are, for all practical purposes, words within the borrowing language. |
| 4 | 316 | How many, in English, for example, think of expressions such as 'automobile,' 'corral,' and 'lariat' as being foreign words? "Collar!" I said. |
| 4 | 317 | Eta frowned. |
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She did not understand my outburst.
Gorean, as I would learn, is rich in words borrowed from Earth languages; how rich it is I am not a skilled enough philologist to conjecture.
It may well be that almost all Gorean expressions may be traced to one or another Earth language.
Yet, the language is fluid, rich and expressive.
Borrowed expressions, as in linguistic borrowing generally, take on the coloration of the borrowing language; in time the borrowings become naturalized, so to speak, being fully incorporated into the borrowing language; at this point they are, for all practical purposes, words within the borrowing language.
How many, in English, for example, think of expressions such as 'automobile,' 'corral,' and 'lariat' as being foreign words? "Collar!" I said.
Eta frowned.
- (Slave Girl of Gor)