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15. The Process of Borrowing

Einar Haugen

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The Norwegian Language in America, a Study in Bilingual Behavior, Volume 2

This chapter is in the book The Norwegian Language in America, a Study in Bilingual Behavior, Volume 2

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
Table of Contents V
List of Maps and Tables 317
12. Methods of Investigation 319
13. Dialects in Dispersion 337
14. Bilingualism and Borrowing 361
15. The Process of Borrowing 383
16. The Phonology of Loanwords 412
17. The Grammar of Loanwords 439
18. Native forms for foreign: Loanblends and Loanshifts 459
19. Specimens of American Norwegian 479
20. A Selected Vocabulary of English Loans 556
Appendix 1. Communities and Informants 606
Appendix 2. Symbols and Abbreviations 636
Appendix 3. A Sample Questionnaire (1942) 645
Footnotes 654
Index 665
Backmatter 697

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
Table of Contents V
List of Maps and Tables 317
12. Methods of Investigation 319
13. Dialects in Dispersion 337
14. Bilingualism and Borrowing 361
15. The Process of Borrowing 383
16. The Phonology of Loanwords 412
17. The Grammar of Loanwords 439
18. Native forms for foreign: Loanblends and Loanshifts 459
19. Specimens of American Norwegian 479
20. A Selected Vocabulary of English Loans 556
Appendix 1. Communities and Informants 606
Appendix 2. Symbols and Abbreviations 636
Appendix 3. A Sample Questionnaire (1942) 645
Footnotes 654
Index 665
Backmatter 697

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