Loanword marking as a mechanism of structural change

• Natalie Operstein ^[1]
  1. [1] University of California
• Localización: Italian journal of linguistics, ISSN 1120-2726, Vol. 31, Nº. 1, 2019, págs. 149-192
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper focuses on the loanword integration mechanism whereby the loans are incorporated into a marginal word class in the recipient language. Synchronically, such integration mechanism appears to function as a loanword marking device motivated by the speakers’ awareness of these words’ foreign origin and desire to preserve their foreign flavor. Diachronically, it may lead or contribute to far-reaching structural and typological changes in the recipient languages. The specific focus of the paper is on prosody and inflection, with representative case studies drawn from a diverse selection of languages.