Chapter Borrowed preverbs and the limits of contact-induced change in aspectual systems

I survey cases of contact-induced influence of Slavic and Baltic systems of prefixal perfectivization on Yiddish, Romani, Livonian and Istroromanian. I show that, although both matter and pattern borrowing of entire systems of Slavic or Baltic verbal prefixes is attested, grammatical aspectual categ...

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description I survey cases of contact-induced influence of Slavic and Baltic systems of prefixal perfectivization on Yiddish, Romani, Livonian and Istroromanian. I show that, although both matter and pattern borrowing of entire systems of Slavic or Baltic verbal prefixes is attested, grammatical aspectual categories similar to those of the donor languages do not arise in the contact languages, or develop in a way distinct from the donor languages (as in Istroromanian). This indicates that abstract grammatical oppositions such as “Slavic-style” aspect are immune to direct transfer in language contact.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-829972022-06-02T04:21:59Z Chapter Borrowed preverbs and the limits of contact-induced change in aspectual systems Arkadiev, Peter Aspect verbal prefixes perfectivity language contact I survey cases of contact-induced influence of Slavic and Baltic systems of prefixal perfectivization on Yiddish, Romani, Livonian and Istroromanian. I show that, although both matter and pattern borrowing of entire systems of Slavic or Baltic verbal prefixes is attested, grammatical aspectual categories similar to those of the donor languages do not arise in the contact languages, or develop in a way distinct from the donor languages (as in Istroromanian). This indicates that abstract grammatical oppositions such as “Slavic-style” aspect are immune to direct transfer in language contact. 2022-06-02T04:21:58Z 2022-06-02T04:21:58Z 2022-06-01T12:07:29Z 2017 chapter ONIX_20220601_9788864536989_43 2612-7679 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/55860 9788864536989 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/82997 eng Biblioteca di Studi Slavistici open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/55860/1/20544.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-6453-698-9.03 10.36253/978-88-6453-698-9.03 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9788864536989 21 Florence open access
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Chapter Borrowed preverbs and the limits of contact-induced change in aspectual systems
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title_full_unstemmed Chapter Borrowed preverbs and the limits of contact-induced change in aspectual systems
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perfectivity
language contact
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perfectivity
language contact
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