Sample 30
Source context: เพียงพอสำหรับฮาร์ดคอร์เกมเมอร์
Type of loanword: Loan shift
Semantic change: Narrowing of meaning
English definition: the small central group in an organization, or in a particular group of people, who are most active or who will not change their beliefs or behavior.
Analysis: “ฮาร์ดคอร์” is borrowed from “hard core”. “ฮาร์ดคอร์” The English pronunciation sounds similar to the way it is pronounced by Thai native speakers. Semantically, in the dictionary, the meaning of the word “hard core” given in the dictionary is different with the meaning in the Thai context. That is why it is classified as “loan shift (Narrowing of meaning)”.