Linguistic borrowing in bilingual contexts; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Foreword; Preface; List of figures; List of tables; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Morphological structuring and system compatibility; Chapter 3 Form classes and semantic types; Chapter 4 The identification of form-meaning sets; Chapter 5 Borrowing patterns in modernMexicano; Chapter 6 Discussion; Appendix A Additional Mexicano text; Appendix B Spanish borrowings in the data; References; Name index; Subject index; The STUDIES IN LANGUAGE COMPANION SERIES (SLCS)
Summary
A number of previous approaches to linguistic borrowing and contact phenomena in general have concluded that there are no formal boundaries whatsoever to the kinds of material that can pass from one language into another. At the same time, various hierarchies illustrate that some things are indeed more likely to be borrowed than others. Linguistic Borrowing in Bilingual Contexts addresses both, by examining claims of no absolute limits and synthesizing various hierarchies. It observes that all contact phenomena are systematic, and borrowing is no exception. Regarding forms, the determining fa
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-242) and indexes
Notes
Includes examples in Nahuatl and Spanish, with additional Nahuatl text in the appendix
