[etni] Fw: False Friends, False Cognatesl

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Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:06:09 +0200
From: Barry Silverberg <barisil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: False Friends, False Cognates

Hi.
Among the many responses to my 'false friends '  query was one writer who 
said I am talking aobut false COGNATES.
However, the following item ( reached thru google on a site called 'The 
English Teacher' differentiates between the two.

FYI!
Barry

What is a false friend? False friends (or faux amis) are pairs of words in 
two languages or dialects (or letters in two alphabets) that look and/or 
sound similar, but differ in meaning. False cognates, by contrast, are 
similar     words in different languages that appear to have a common 
historical linguistic origin (regardless of meaning)     but actually do 
not. Both false friends and false cognates can cause difficulty for students 
learning a foreign     language, particularly one that is related to their 
native language, because students are likely to misidentify the words due to 
linguistic interference. Because false friends are a common problem for 
language learners,     teachers sometimes compile lists of false friends as 
an aid for their students. One kind of false friend can occur when two 
speakers speak different varieties of the same language. Speakers of British 
English and American English sometimes have this problem, which was alluded 
to in George Bernard Shaw's statement "England and America are two countries 
divided by a common language." For example, in the UK, to "table" a motion 
means to place it on the agenda, while in the U.S. it means exactly the 
opposite-to remove     it from consideration.

So, according to this, I have been dealing with false friends after all. 
(Private in Hebrew means your own car)

What then, is a false cognate?  Chaos in English and    כעס  in Hebrew?

Comments and corrections welcome.

B


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