| Title |
Morphological adaptation of adjectival borrowings in modern Lithuanian / |
| Translation of Title |
Morfologinė skolintų būdvardžių adaptacija dabartinėje lietuvių kalboje. |
| Authors |
Pakerys, Jurgis |
| DOI |
10.15388/baltistica.51.2.2273 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Baltistica.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2016, T. 51, Nr. 2, p. 239-269.. ISSN 0132-6503. eISSN 2345-0045 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Lithuanian ; morphology ; borrowed adjectives ; morphological adaptation |
| Abstract [eng] |
In this article, the following types of morphological adaptation of borrowed adjectives in Lithuanian are identified: (1) zero adaptation, (2) assignment to inflection class (IC), (3) addition of derivational suffix, (4) substitution of derivational suffix, (5) truncation of derivational suffix. Zero adaptation is very rare in internationalisms, but appears quite frequently in slang borrowings. Assignment to ICs is noted in internationalisms and slang borrowings with nearly complementary distribution of ICs in -us and -as. Addition of derivational suffixes is rare, but available in non-standard use and also possible, but difficult to prove, in internationalisms. Substitution of derivational suffixes is the main strategy for adaptation of internationalisms, the central role being played by the relational suffix -in-is. Truncation of derivational suffixes is very rare and is noted only in internationalisms where affixes of Latin origin can be occasionally deleted. |
| Published |
Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2016 |
