To sum up this discussion of motivation: there are processes in the vocabulary that compel us to modify the Saussurian principle according to which linguistic units are independent of the substance in which they are realised and their associations is a matter of arbitrary convention. } cuckoo (Engl), Kuckuck (Germ), кукушка (Russ). Compare also. Technical jargons: Often people working in the technical groups such as engineers, production managers, IT managers, etc. The process whereby two meanings arise from a single original one is termed semantic differentiation. Widget; Of the two, reference is the easy one. It reflects the type of nomination process chosen by the creator of the new word. We’ll demonstrate how to write an awesome and inspiring motivational letter through Jane’s letter to the admissions team of Harvard University below. The Russian words блеять v and блеяние n are equally represented in English by bleat. Similarity in sound form does not always, correspond to similarity in morphological pattern. text-transform: uppercase; Within the English vocabulary there are different words, all sound imitative, meaning ‘quick, foolish, indistinct talk’: babble, chatter, gabble, prattle. font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; Сf. background: #0077FF; font-size: 14px; The international radio-telephone signal may-day corresponding to the telegraphic SOS used by aeroplanes and ships in distress has nothing to do with the First of May but is a phonetic rendering of French m'aidez ‘help me’. right: 5%; Complex morphological structures tend to unite and become indivisible units, as St. Ullmann, demonstrates tracing the history of not which is a reduced form of nought from OE nowiht1