Vokiški skoliniai senųjų prūsų katekizmuose
German Borrowings in Old Prussian Catechisms
Author(s): Zofija StanevičienėSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Keywords: German borrowings; quality of the translation; morphological adaptation; nominal borrowings; church terminology.
Summary/Abstract: This article deals with German borrowings, found in Old Prussian catechisms. It describes their phonetical and morphological adaptation and presents the chronological and semantical characteristic of these borrowings. The article gives a short review about the circumstances of the genesis of Old Prussian Catechismsand the quality of translations. In the middle of the 16th century, when the translations were made, the interference of German was obvious in the grammatical and in lexical system.
Journal: Santalka: Filologija, Edukologija
- Issue Year: 16/2008
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 81-90
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Lithuanian
