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Borrowing of Inflectional Morphemes in Language Contact

Borrowing of Inflectional Morphemes in Language Contact

Gardani, Francesco

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Series: Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européenn, Book 320

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ISBN10: 3631565194
ISBN13: 9783631565193
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: Feb 28 2008
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.26 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
This book is about the borrowing of inflectional morphemes in language contact settings. This phenomenon has at all times seemed to be the most poorly documented aspect of linguistic borrowing. Contact-induced morphological change is not rare in word formation, but exceptional in inflection. This study presents a deductive catalogue of factors conditioning the probability of transfer of inflectional morphology from one language to another and adduces empirical data drawn from Australian languages, Anatolian Greek, the Balkans, Maltese, Welsh, and Arabic. By reference to the most advanced theories of morphology, a thorough analysis of the case studies is provided as well as a definition of inflectional borrowing according to which inflectional borrowing must be distinguished from mere quotation of foreign forms and is acknowledged only when inflectional morphemes are attached to native words of the receiving language.

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