The influence of loanwords on Sardinian word formation
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Immacolata Pinto
Abstract
Sardinian only has three productive prefixes (a(d)-, in-spatial-conceptual and (i)s-; see Pinto (2005) and Pinto (2011) and in spite of its contacts with Old Tuscan, Italian, Catalan and Spanish, none of these have been incremented by borrowing. My results show a strong correlation between sociolinguistic language status and the diffusion of derivative rules even when there is intense contact. In particular, my analysis shows how the diffusion of prefixes in Romance languages is greatly conditioned by external factors: standard vs. non standard, national vs. non national, dominant vs. non dominant, written vs. oral (see Wölck 1987–1988, Mathiot & Rissel 1996, Pinto 2004).
Abstract
Sardinian only has three productive prefixes (a(d)-, in-spatial-conceptual and (i)s-; see Pinto (2005) and Pinto (2011) and in spite of its contacts with Old Tuscan, Italian, Catalan and Spanish, none of these have been incremented by borrowing. My results show a strong correlation between sociolinguistic language status and the diffusion of derivative rules even when there is intense contact. In particular, my analysis shows how the diffusion of prefixes in Romance languages is greatly conditioned by external factors: standard vs. non standard, national vs. non national, dominant vs. non dominant, written vs. oral (see Wölck 1987–1988, Mathiot & Rissel 1996, Pinto 2004).
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter 1
- Preface 9
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Part I: Amerindia
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Part I: Amerindia
- Morphologies in contact: form, meaning, and use in the grammar of reference 13
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Part I: Amerindia
- Borrowing of a Cariban number marker into three Tupi-Guarani languages 37
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Part I: Amerindia
- Spanish diminutive markers -ito/-ita in Mesoamerican languages: a challenge for acceptance of gender distinction 71
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Part II: Austronesia
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Part II: Austronesia
- Survival in a niche. On gender-copy in Chamorro (and sundry languages) 91
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Part III: Balkan (and beyond)
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Part III: Balkan (and beyond)
- Verb morphologies in contact: evidence from the Balkan area* 141
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Part III: Balkan (and beyond)
- Romani in contact with Bulgarian and Greek: replication in verbal morphology 163
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Part III: Balkan (and beyond)
- Morphology in language contact: verbal loanblend formation in Asia Minor Greek (Aivaliot)* 177
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Part III: Balkan (and beyond)
- Mood meets mood: Turkic versus Indo-European 195
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Part IV: Romance
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Part IV: Romance
- Contact-induced change in personal pronouns: some Romance examples* 205
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Part IV: Romance
- The influence of loanwords on Sardinian word formation 227
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Part IV: Romance
- Swinging back the pendulum: French morphology and de-Italianization in Piedmontese 247
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Part V: Slavic (outside the Slavic core area)
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Part V: Slavic (outside the Slavic core area)
- Contact phenomena in the Slavic of Molise: some remarks about nouns and prepositional phrases* 263
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Part V: Slavic (outside the Slavic core area)
- Language contact, language decay and morphological change: evidence from the speech of Czech immigrants in Paraguay* 283
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Part VI: Africa
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Part VI: Africa
- Roots and patterns in Beja (Cushitic): the issue of language contact with Arabic 309
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Part VI: Africa
- Back Matter 327
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter 1
- Preface 9
-
Part I: Amerindia
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Part I: Amerindia
- Morphologies in contact: form, meaning, and use in the grammar of reference 13
-
Part I: Amerindia
- Borrowing of a Cariban number marker into three Tupi-Guarani languages 37
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Part I: Amerindia
- Spanish diminutive markers -ito/-ita in Mesoamerican languages: a challenge for acceptance of gender distinction 71
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Part II: Austronesia
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Part II: Austronesia
- Survival in a niche. On gender-copy in Chamorro (and sundry languages) 91
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Part III: Balkan (and beyond)
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Part III: Balkan (and beyond)
- Verb morphologies in contact: evidence from the Balkan area* 141
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Part III: Balkan (and beyond)
- Romani in contact with Bulgarian and Greek: replication in verbal morphology 163
-
Part III: Balkan (and beyond)
- Morphology in language contact: verbal loanblend formation in Asia Minor Greek (Aivaliot)* 177
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Part III: Balkan (and beyond)
- Mood meets mood: Turkic versus Indo-European 195
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Part IV: Romance
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Part IV: Romance
- Contact-induced change in personal pronouns: some Romance examples* 205
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Part IV: Romance
- The influence of loanwords on Sardinian word formation 227
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Part IV: Romance
- Swinging back the pendulum: French morphology and de-Italianization in Piedmontese 247
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Part V: Slavic (outside the Slavic core area)
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Part V: Slavic (outside the Slavic core area)
- Contact phenomena in the Slavic of Molise: some remarks about nouns and prepositional phrases* 263
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Part V: Slavic (outside the Slavic core area)
- Language contact, language decay and morphological change: evidence from the speech of Czech immigrants in Paraguay* 283
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Part VI: Africa
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Part VI: Africa
- Roots and patterns in Beja (Cushitic): the issue of language contact with Arabic 309
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Part VI: Africa
- Back Matter 327