1. Maria O’Neill & M. Casanovas
False Friends: A Historical Perspective & Present Implications for Lexical Acquisition
Maria O’Neill
&
M. Casanovas

2. What Is False Friends? Same / Similar Sound, BUT Different in Meaning
Ex: Sensible
American – Reasonable / French and Spanish - Sensitive
Why? (Because of a common origin)
Two Different Parts in False Friends

3. Major Source
Majority From Latin / Either Directly or Indirectly through French

4. Diachronic Perspective
Words and Meanings Change Through Time “It is closer to a living organism than a finished building.” - pg 103 – 104 Two Motives Borrowing & Enfranchisement

5. Two Phases of Borrowing
Oral Transmission Literature & Written words

6. Synchronic Perspective: Theoretical Aspects
Existed at one point in time (Not Changing through time) False Friends 3 Group Segregation Intersection Inclusion

7. Study
We can provide some studied words from the experiment

8. Deceptive Cognate
Same / Similar Sound and Meaning, BUT Different Origin