Lexical Similarity Level between English and Portuguese

Although the studies which calculate the similarity index between languages are abundant, to date the similarity index between English and Portuguese has not been calculated. When calculating the similarity index between English and Portuguese it is important to have in consideration the amount of L...

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Autores: Maldonado García, María Isabel, Borges de Souza, Ana María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/34313
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11441/34313
https://doi.org/10.12795/elia.2014.i14.06
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Palabra clave:Cross-language similarities
Lexical distance
Genetic difference between languages
Cognates
Loan words
Language acquisition
Similitudes entre lenguas
Distancia léxica
Diferencia genética entre lenguas
Cognados
Préstamos léxicos
Adquisición de lenguas
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spelling Lexical Similarity Level between English and PortugueseMaldonado García, María IsabelBorges de Souza, Ana MaríaCross-language similaritiesLexical distanceGenetic difference between languagesCognatesLoan wordsLanguage acquisitionSimilitudes entre lenguasDistancia léxicaDiferencia genética entre lenguasCognadosPréstamos léxicosAdquisición de lenguasAlthough the studies which calculate the similarity index between languages are abundant, to date the similarity index between English and Portuguese has not been calculated. When calculating the similarity index between English and Portuguese it is important to have in consideration the amount of Latin loan words English has received from Latin which may influence the similarity index. However, English is a Germanic language whereas Portuguese is a Romance language. The purpose of this research is to calculate this level of lexical similarity through the computational lexical distance comparison of 500 high frequency words in English and Portuguese and the identification of cognates. The main hypothesis of this study is based on the fact that English and Portuguese degree of genetic difference may be less than 30% considering that the comparison of English with other Romance languages has resulted in similar indexes The study is aimed at assisting students of English or Portuguese as an L2 with their language acquisition through the identification of items which present similarities in both languages and in this manner aid vocabulary acquisition.Se han realizado múltiples estudios para revelar el nivel de similitud entre diferentes lenguas. Sin embargo, el nivel de similitud entre el inglés y el portugués no se ha calculado todavía. El inglés ha recibido una considerable cantidad de préstamos del latín, lo cual puede aumentar el nivel de similitud entre las dos lenguas debido a que el portugués deriva directamente del latín. Sin embargo, el inglés es una lengua germánica, mientras que el portugués es una lengua romance. El propósito de esta investigación es calcular este nivel de similitud léxica a través de la comparación de la distancia computacional léxica de 500 palabras de alta frecuencia del inglés y portugués y la identificación de cognados. La principal hipótesis de este estudio se basa en el hecho de que el inglés y el portugués presentan cierto grado de diferencia genética, y como tal, su coeficiente de similitud probablemente será inferior al 30%. El estudio tiene como objetivo ayudar a los estudiantes de inglés o portugués como L2 en la adquisición de la lengua a través de la identificación de elementos que presentan similitud en ambas lenguas.University of the PunjabUniversidad de Sevilla2014info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11441/34313https://doi.org/10.12795/elia.2014.i14.06reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésELIA, 14, 145-163http://dx.doi.org/10.12795/elia.2014.i14.06info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/343132026-06-17T12:51:07Z
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title Lexical Similarity Level between English and Portuguese
spellingShingle Lexical Similarity Level between English and Portuguese
Maldonado García, María Isabel
Cross-language similarities
Lexical distance
Genetic difference between languages
Cognates
Loan words
Language acquisition
Similitudes entre lenguas
Distancia léxica
Diferencia genética entre lenguas
Cognados
Préstamos léxicos
Adquisición de lenguas
title_short Lexical Similarity Level between English and Portuguese
title_full Lexical Similarity Level between English and Portuguese
title_fullStr Lexical Similarity Level between English and Portuguese
title_full_unstemmed Lexical Similarity Level between English and Portuguese
title_sort Lexical Similarity Level between English and Portuguese
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Maldonado García, María Isabel
Borges de Souza, Ana María
author Maldonado García, María Isabel
author_facet Maldonado García, María Isabel
Borges de Souza, Ana María
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author2 Borges de Souza, Ana María
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cross-language similarities
Lexical distance
Genetic difference between languages
Cognates
Loan words
Language acquisition
Similitudes entre lenguas
Distancia léxica
Diferencia genética entre lenguas
Cognados
Préstamos léxicos
Adquisición de lenguas
topic Cross-language similarities
Lexical distance
Genetic difference between languages
Cognates
Loan words
Language acquisition
Similitudes entre lenguas
Distancia léxica
Diferencia genética entre lenguas
Cognados
Préstamos léxicos
Adquisición de lenguas
description Although the studies which calculate the similarity index between languages are abundant, to date the similarity index between English and Portuguese has not been calculated. When calculating the similarity index between English and Portuguese it is important to have in consideration the amount of Latin loan words English has received from Latin which may influence the similarity index. However, English is a Germanic language whereas Portuguese is a Romance language. The purpose of this research is to calculate this level of lexical similarity through the computational lexical distance comparison of 500 high frequency words in English and Portuguese and the identification of cognates. The main hypothesis of this study is based on the fact that English and Portuguese degree of genetic difference may be less than 30% considering that the comparison of English with other Romance languages has resulted in similar indexes The study is aimed at assisting students of English or Portuguese as an L2 with their language acquisition through the identification of items which present similarities in both languages and in this manner aid vocabulary acquisition.
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