Questions about the Cognates & Loanwords poster

What’s on the Cognates & Loanwords poster?

Cognates — inherited against Loanwords — borrowed, side by side. Cognates — inherited: Descended from a shared ancestor; Cognates — inherited: English 'father', German 'Vater', Latin 'pater'; Cognates — inherited: Sound correspondences are regular; Cognates — inherited: Evidence of family relationship; Loanwords — borrowed: Taken from another language; Loanwords — borrowed: 'Sushi', 'ballet', 'kindergarten'; Loanwords — borrowed: Can cross unrelated families; Loanwords — borrowed: Evidence of contact, not descent; English is Germanic by descent, with an enormous French and Latin loan vocabulary lay…. Roughly 60% of English vocabulary comes from Latin and French — but the commonest words are almost all Germanic.

Who is the Cognates & Loanwords poster for?

Cognates & Loanwords belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning how languages work can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Cognates & Loanwords poster?

A cognate is inherited. A loanword is borrowed. The distinction is about history. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Cognates & Loanwords belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Cognates & Loanwords?

Bilingualism, Grammatical Case and Code-Switching sit alongside Cognates & Loanwords in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.BilingualismGrammatical CaseCode-Switching

Is the Cognates & Loanwords poster free to download and print?

Yes. Cognates & Loanwords downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Cognates & Loanwords poster print at?

Cognates & Loanwords is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Cognates & Loanwords loses nothing.Printing guide