Una sutil interferencia lingüística: galicismos semánticos en el español actual

Abstract

In comparison to most visible forms of linguistic interference such as loanwords or integral borrowings, the categories of calque and semantic loan are much less obvious and difficult to detect since their effect is limited to the meaning of the word and do not introduce foreign signifiers into the target language. In this study, we collate, systematize and analyze a representative sample of these two categories of loans from French in contemporary Spanish. To carry out the study, we drew on the main lexicographical works in both languages, along with various textual and documentation sources, among the most important of which are the data bases of the Spanish Language Academy.

Keywords

• linguistic interference contrastive lexicology French-Spanish
• Gallicisms
• calque
• semantic neology
• semantic loan.