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Sentences with CALQUES

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Sentences

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"In English, many words have been borrowed from other languages, resulting in calques."
2
"Some languages actively discourage the use of calques and encourage the creation of new words instead."
3
"In Chinese, there are many calques from English due to the influence of Western culture."
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"Some languages, like Finnish, actively create calques to preserve their own linguistic identity."
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"Linguists study calques to understand the historical and cultural influences on languages."
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"Some languages, such as Esperanto, are intentionally constructed using calques from multiple languages."
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