Borrowing morphology: The influence of Russian on the Veps system of indefinite pronouns
Veps is a Finnic minority language that has long been influenced by Russian, the prestige language in the speech area. The influence of Russian can be perceived in all subsystems of the Veps language, but hardly any research has been done on its impact on morphology. The current paper focuses on the...
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fttsvojs:oai:journal.fi:article/85033 2023-05-15T18:42:41+02:00 Borrowing morphology: The influence of Russian on the Veps system of indefinite pronouns Karjalainen, Heini 2019-12-31 application/pdf https://journal.fi/uralicahelsingiensia/article/view/85033 https://doi.org/10.33341/uh.85033 eng eng Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura https://journal.fi/uralicahelsingiensia/article/view/85033/48353 https://journal.fi/uralicahelsingiensia/article/view/85033 doi:10.33341/uh.85033 Copyright (c) 2019 Uralica Helsingiensia Uralica Helsingiensia; Nro 14 (2019): Multilingual Finnic – Language contact and change; 55–87 Uralica Helsingiensia; Nr 14 (2019): Multilingual Finnic – Language contact and change; 55–87 Uralica Helsingiensia; No 14 (2019): Multilingual Finnic – Language contact and change; 55–87 1797-3945 Veps Russian morphology indefiniteness markers morpheme transfer morphological pattern transfer info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2019 fttsvojs https://doi.org/10.33341/uh.85033 2020-05-29T23:12:36Z Veps is a Finnic minority language that has long been influenced by Russian, the prestige language in the speech area. The influence of Russian can be perceived in all subsystems of the Veps language, but hardly any research has been done on its impact on morphology. The current paper focuses on the influence of Russian on the Veps indefinite pronouns and their restructuring. The contemporary Veps indefinite pronoun system is based on the use of different affixes and particles, i.e., indefiniteness markers, which are attached to interrogative stems. This article describes the various Veps indefiniteness markers, which have been acquired via morpheme transfer (MAT) and morphological pattern transfer (PAT) from Russian. The borrowing of indefiniteness markers is typical for languages under the very strong influence of another language. According to contemporary studies, the motivation for borrowing should primarily be attributed to sociolinguistic factors and less to structural-typological similarities of the languages in question. In the Veps language community, such sociolinguistic factors are the minority status of the Veps language and the bilingualism of its speakers. Article in Journal/Newspaper veps language Federation of Finnish Learned Societies: Scientific Journals Online Uralica Helsingiensia 14 |
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Veps is a Finnic minority language that has long been influenced by Russian, the prestige language in the speech area. The influence of Russian can be perceived in all subsystems of the Veps language, but hardly any research has been done on its impact on morphology. The current paper focuses on the influence of Russian on the Veps indefinite pronouns and their restructuring. The contemporary Veps indefinite pronoun system is based on the use of different affixes and particles, i.e., indefiniteness markers, which are attached to interrogative stems. This article describes the various Veps indefiniteness markers, which have been acquired via morpheme transfer (MAT) and morphological pattern transfer (PAT) from Russian. The borrowing of indefiniteness markers is typical for languages under the very strong influence of another language. According to contemporary studies, the motivation for borrowing should primarily be attributed to sociolinguistic factors and less to structural-typological similarities of the languages in question. In the Veps language community, such sociolinguistic factors are the minority status of the Veps language and the bilingualism of its speakers. |
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Borrowing morphology: The influence of Russian on the Veps system of indefinite pronouns |
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Borrowing morphology: The influence of Russian on the Veps system of indefinite pronouns |
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Borrowing morphology: The influence of Russian on the Veps system of indefinite pronouns |
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borrowing morphology: the influence of russian on the veps system of indefinite pronouns |
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Uralica Helsingiensia; Nro 14 (2019): Multilingual Finnic – Language contact and change; 55–87 Uralica Helsingiensia; Nr 14 (2019): Multilingual Finnic – Language contact and change; 55–87 Uralica Helsingiensia; No 14 (2019): Multilingual Finnic – Language contact and change; 55–87 1797-3945 |
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