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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ISBN
9783653043730
Publisert
2018
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Vendor
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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