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HUNGARIAN-ENGLISH LINGUISTIC CONTRASTS. A PRACTICAL APPROACH 7.6 HUNGLISH WORDS Asaresult ofthe contrasts described above, the English vocabulary of Hungarian learners may contain a number oftypical Hunglish words, due to the effects of mother tongue interference. Some of these are described in Doughty and Thompson (1983), e.g., excursion (instead of outing or trip), family house (instead of house), learn (instead of study), nature (instead of countryside or country), etc. In many cases false cognates are responsible for the emergence of Hunglish words, e.g., practice (instead of experience), novel (instead of short story) or perspective (instead of prospect). (See the above list and also Varga and Läzär’s Hungarian-English dictionary (Varga-Läzär 2000), which warns the user against false cognates. Consider this entry: aktuälis 1. timely, topical, current ez mär nem aktuälis it’s no longer relevant, it’s out of date NEM aetirat 2. [igazi:] live (2000: 17) A comprehensive list of Hungarian-English false cognates has been compiled by Lazar (1998).°? 7.7 TASKS 1. CHECK THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE STATES OF THE U.S. Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming 2. Discuss: WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE SYNONYMOUS WORDS? alkalom: chance, opportunity, occasion állandó: constant, permanent befejez: finish, complete, conclude, end, be over elbocsát: dismiss, fire, make redundant folytat: continue, go on, carry on különböző: different, various lakik: live, stay, reside látszik, tűnik: seem, look, appear 53 http://seas3.elte.hu/olddelg/people/core/lazar/falsefriends.html * 118 +
