Russian influence on Surgut Khanty and Estonian aspect is limited but similar
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Katalin Gugán
Abstract
In the present paper, we investigate evidence for a causal link between the sociolinguistic contact type and the type of structural change in borrowing. We build our argument via a comparative and contrastive study of the aspectual system of Surgut Khanty (Ob-Ugric, Uralic), Estonian (Finnic, Uralic) and Russian (Slavic, Indo-European). We relate our findings to earlier findings on the functional similarity of typologically distant languages in slight borrowing situations. Comparing the category of aspect in two Uralic languages, Estonian and Surgut Khanty, we claim that the structural changes in Estonian and Surgut Khanty are similar in the domain of aspect, despite the differences in the social conditions of contacts with Russian and additional influences from typologically diverging contact languages. We attribute the similarity to the low intensity of borrowing.
Abstract
In the present paper, we investigate evidence for a causal link between the sociolinguistic contact type and the type of structural change in borrowing. We build our argument via a comparative and contrastive study of the aspectual system of Surgut Khanty (Ob-Ugric, Uralic), Estonian (Finnic, Uralic) and Russian (Slavic, Indo-European). We relate our findings to earlier findings on the functional similarity of typologically distant languages in slight borrowing situations. Comparing the category of aspect in two Uralic languages, Estonian and Surgut Khanty, we claim that the structural changes in Estonian and Surgut Khanty are similar in the domain of aspect, despite the differences in the social conditions of contacts with Russian and additional influences from typologically diverging contact languages. We attribute the similarity to the low intensity of borrowing.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Nominal borrowings in Tsova-Tush (Nakh-Daghestanian, Georgia) and their gender assignment 15
- Lexical convergence reflects complex historical processes 35
- The ideological background of language change in Permic-speaking communities 59
- Enets-Russian language contact 85
- Izhma Komi in Western Siberia 119
- From head-final towards head-initial grammar 143
- Russian influence on Surgut Khanty and Estonian aspect is limited but similar 183
- Quotative indexes in Permic 217
- Some structural similarities in the outcomes of language contact with Russian 259
- Why do two Uralic languages (Surgut Khanty and Erzya) use different code-switching strategies? 289
- Analyzing Modern Chinese Pidgin Russian 315
- The choice of forms in contact varieties 345
- Language data and maps 369
- Languages & language families 381
- Subject index 383
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Nominal borrowings in Tsova-Tush (Nakh-Daghestanian, Georgia) and their gender assignment 15
- Lexical convergence reflects complex historical processes 35
- The ideological background of language change in Permic-speaking communities 59
- Enets-Russian language contact 85
- Izhma Komi in Western Siberia 119
- From head-final towards head-initial grammar 143
- Russian influence on Surgut Khanty and Estonian aspect is limited but similar 183
- Quotative indexes in Permic 217
- Some structural similarities in the outcomes of language contact with Russian 259
- Why do two Uralic languages (Surgut Khanty and Erzya) use different code-switching strategies? 289
- Analyzing Modern Chinese Pidgin Russian 315
- The choice of forms in contact varieties 345
- Language data and maps 369
- Languages & language families 381
- Subject index 383
