1. On how morphology spreads
- Author
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Gardani, Francesco, University of Zurich, Gardani, Francesco, and Rainer, Franz
- Subjects
050101 languages & linguistics ,Linguistics and Language ,Grammar ,Language change ,470 Latin & Italic languages ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,410 Linguistics ,Morphology (biology) ,800 Literature, rhetoric & criticism ,Language and Linguistics ,Linguistics ,11551 Zurich Center for Linguistics ,Term (time) ,030507 speech-language pathology & audiology ,03 medical and health sciences ,460 Spanish & Portuguese languages ,Language contact ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,450 Italian, Romanian & related languages ,0305 other medical science ,Psychology ,440 French & related languages ,10103 Institute of Romance Studies ,media_common - Abstract
A language’s grammar can be stratified, due to borrowing processes. While being a well-established term in the linguistic literature, the term ‘borrowing’ is sometimes used in a non-uniform way, particularly when it applies to bound morphological formatives. A Stratal Effect is hypothesized, which, applying to varying extent, gives rise to at least three distinct, psycholinguistically motivated types of morphological transfer. A typology of morphological spread is proposed, which consists of three main types: strictly compartmentalized co-morphologies, partially compartmentalized co-morphologies, and morphological borrowing. The widespread view that affix borrowing can be either direct or indirect is questioned and it is argued that most likely, morphological borrowing is always an intermediate process, involving the extraction of formatives and their diffusion within the lexicon.
- Published
- 2021