Cognates - a semasiological definition for SLA purposes

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Authors: Jonas Winnerlöv
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Abstract

A PPP that presents a semasiological cognate typology in three dimensions, ETYmology, SEMantics and FORM. The major points : 1. Any pair of words with an etymological connection are called cognates, regardless of the overlap in the other two dimensions. 2) When full overlap in the three dimensions, they are full cognates 3) False cognates would therefore be the rare cases with overlap in SEM and FORM but not ETY 4) Potential false friends are when only SEM diverges. 5) When ETY is different but FORM coincides, they are just interlingual homonyms and very rarely false friends, but have potential with the keyword mnemonics method 6) When only FORM diverges, which is rarely randomly but according to certain patterns, additional cognates can be unlocked and be helpful at least in the receptive perspective.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Second Language Acquisition and Learning Linguistics and language evolution Linguistics and Language Studies

Publication details

Journal / source
OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)
Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint