THE INFLUENCE OF ENGLISH ON MORPHOLOGICAL COMPOUNDING IN ROMANIAN AND PORTUGUESE
THE INFLUENCE OF ENGLISH ON MORPHOLOGICAL COMPOUNDING IN ROMANIAN AND PORTUGUESE
Author(s): Roxana Ciolăneanu, Alina VillalvaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Philology
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: morphological borrowing; neoclassical compounds; societal multilingualism; right-headedness; creative neologisms; language contact;
Summary/Abstract: The present paper looks at instances of possible incipient morphological borrowing in Romanian and Portuguese from English within the context of “societal multilingualism” (Romaine 2006). We suspect that the ever-increasing number of right-headed compounds in Romanian and Portuguese might be a consequence of the English influence; consequently, we will bring linguistic and extra-linguistic factors to support the hypothesis that right-headed compounding in Romanian and Portuguese places itself at the crossroads of language internal evolution and external influence. Some of these compounds are already registered in dictionaries, some others are not, but they are frequently met in specialised texts and newspaper articles.
Journal: Synergy
- Issue Year: 15/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 116-130
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English
