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Morphological Borrowing:
Evidence from
Latin America
Borrowing Morphology II 1
1. Are there any constraints on morphological borrowing?
2. Is it possible to copy processes of grammaticalization?
3. Is agglutinative morphology more copiable than fusional morphology?
4. Is derivational morphology more copiable than inflectional morphology?
5. Is nominal morphology more copiable than verbal morphology?
6. Is there an inequality for different parts of speech when it comes
to morphological borrowing?
7. Is there an inequality for different verbal categories when it comes to
morphological borrowing?
8. Are there universal tendencies that allow predictions about the stability
of structural features in morpho-syntax?
9. Is shared paradigmatic morphology a conditio-sine-qua-non for
genealogical relationship?
10. Is it possible to establish linguistic relationship on the basis of shared
morphology alone?
11. Should phonological comparison always precede morphological
evidence in matters of genealogical relationship?
12. Is it possible to find tendencies or to set up criteria to distinguish
between cognates and copies in bound morphology?
Borrowing Morphology II 2
1. Are there any constraints on morphological borrowing?
2. Is it possible to copy processes of grammaticalization?
3. Is agglutinative morphology more copiable than fusional morphology?
4. Is derivational morphology more copiable than inflectional morphology?
5. Is nominal morphology more copiable than verbal morphology?
6. Is there an inequality for different parts of speech when it comes
to morphological borrowing?
7. Is there an inequality for different verbal categories when it comes to
morphological borrowing?
8. Are there universal tendencies that allow predictions about the stability
of structural features in morpho-syntax?
9. Is shared paradigmatic morphology a conditio-sine-qua-non for
genealogical relationship?
10. Is it possible to establish linguistic relationship on the basis of shared
morphology alone?
11. Should phonological comparison always precede morphological
evidence in matters of genealogical relationship?
12. Is it possible to find tendencies or to set up criteria to distinguish
between cognates and copies in bound morphology?
Borrowing Morphology II 3
Overview
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Spanish
Otomi
Quichua
Guarani
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Languages
1. Quechua
Andean (Ecuador; Peru)
45 varieties, 8.5 million speakers
Agglutinating
Virtually no prefixes (SOV!)
Very many suffixes (Person, TAM, Case)
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Languages
2. Guaraní
Tupi (Paraguay)
Several dialects, 4.700.000 speakers
Fusional
Very many prefixes (Person)
Many suffixes (TAM, Case/Postpos)
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Languages
3. Otomí
Oto-Mangue (Querétaro, Mexico)
9 dialects, 250.000 speakers
Fusional
Prefixes on V and N
Many suffixes on V and N
Very few A
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2. The Data
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Data recorded (spoken)
Respondents:
Dialects:
Tokens:
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Data recorded
Quechua
Respondents: 38
Dialects: 2
Tokens: 79,718
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Data recorded
Quechua Guaraní
Respondents: 38 38
Dialects: 2 2
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Data recorded
Respondents: 38 38 59
Dialects: 2 2 2
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Data recorded
Respondents: 38 38 59
Dialects: 2 2 2
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3. Borrowing from Spanish
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Borrowing: overall (tokens)
Quechua Guaraní Otomí
(n=38) (n=38) (n=59)
Mimimum 4.0% 5.7% 6.7%
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Borrowing: overall (tokens)
Quechua Guaraní Otomí
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Borrowing: overall (tokens)
Quechua Guaraní Otomí
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Borrowing: overall (tokens)
Quechua Guaraní Otomí
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Borrowing: overall (tokens)
Quechua > Guaraní> Otomí
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Borrowing: overall (tokens)
Quechua > Guaraní>Otomí
… … … …
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4. Borrowing OF Morphology
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Spanish affixes on native lexemes
Spanish
-
Prefix
-
Suffix
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Spanish affixes on native lexemes
Spanish Quechua
-
Prefix - -
Suffix -
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Spanish affixes on native lexemes
-
Prefix - -
-
Suffix - -
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Spanish affixes on native lexemes
-
Prefix - - -
-
Suffix - - -
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Spanish affixes on native lexemes
Spanish Quechua Guarani Otomi
Prefix - - -
Suffix -
- - -
-
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Exceptions confirm the rule …
Otomi:
‘beto grandchild
-
‘beta granddaughter
-
(Sp. –a [+F])
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Exceptions confirm the rule …
Otomi:
‘beto grandchild
-
‘beta granddaughter
-
(Sp. –a [+F])
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4. Borrowing WITH Morphology
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N borrowed with morphology
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N borrowed with morphology
Spanish
-(e)s (PL)
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N borrowed with morphology
Spanish Quechua
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N borrowed with morphology
Spanish Quechua
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N borrowed with morphology
Spanish Quechua Guarani Otomi
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N borrowed with morphology
Spanish Quechua Guarani Otomi
- LEXICAL
- (cf. ‘habas’)
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N borrowed with morphology
Spanish
-s (PL)
-dor (AG)+ -
-
-ito/-illo (DIM)+++
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N borrowed with morphology
Spanish Quechua Guarani Otomi
-s (PL) 160 7 8
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N borrowed with morphology
Spanish Quechua Guarani Otomi
-s (PL) 160 7 8
LEXICAL
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V borrowed with morphology
Spanish
-ar
-er -
-
-ir
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V borrowed with morphology
Spanish
-ar
GENERAL:
-er -
Infinitive -
-ir
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V borrowed with morphology
Spanish Que Gua Otomi
-ar -a -a/ -á -a
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V borrowed with morphology
Spanish Que Gua Otomi
-ar -a -a/ -á -a
-er -e / -i -e -/ -é -e
- in Que only /i/
-ir -i / -e -i / -í -i
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V borrowed with morphology
Spanish Que Gua Otomi
-ar -a -a/ -á -a
Highly freq V:
-er -e / -i -e -/ -é -e stem of 3rd SG
- (diphtong / e-i)
-ir -i / -e -i / -í -i
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A borrowed with morphology
Spanish
-o (M)
-a (F) -
-
-os (M.PL)
-as (F.PL)
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A borrowed with morphology
Spanish Quechua
-as (F.PL) -
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A borrowed with morphology
Spanish Quechua
NO Gender
-o (M) 560 (260 typ)
-as (F.PL) -
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A borrowed with morphology
Spanish Quechua Guarani
-as (F.PL) - -
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A borrowed with morphology
Spanish Quechua Guarani
NO Gender
-o (M) 560 (260) 500 (220 typ)
-as (F.PL) - -
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A borrowed with morphology
Spanish Quechua Guarani Otomi
NO A, NO Gender
-o (M) 560 (260) 500 (220) 100 (20)
-as (F.PL) - - -
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A borrowed with morphology
Spanish
‘economico’ ‘economic-a-mente’
-
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A borrowed with morphology
Spanish Quechua
A ≈ Adv
-amente 61 (29 typ: 16 also used as bare A)
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A borrowed with morphology
Spanish Quechua Guarani
A ≈ Adv
-amente 61 (29:16) 582 (46 typ: 18 bare A)
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A borrowed with morphology
Spanish Quechua Guarani
A ≈ Adv
-amente 61 (29:16) 582 (46 typ: 18 bare A)
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A borrowed with morphology
Spanish Quechua Guarani Otomi
NO A
-amente 61 (29:16) 582 (46:18) 15 (6:0) > LEX
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Spanish borrowed with morphology
Potential ‘Trojan Horses’:
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Spanish borrowed with morphology
Potential ‘Trojan Horses’:
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Spanish borrowed with morphology
Potential ‘Trojan Horses’:
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Spanish borrowed with morphology
Potential ‘Trojan Horses’:
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Spanish borrowed with morphology
Potential ‘Trojan Horses’:
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Borrowing and Morphology
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Quechua Affixes on Spanish Loans
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Quechua Affixes on Spanish Loans
Noun
Prefix 0.7%
-
Suffix 66.9%
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Quechua Affixes on Spanish Loans
Noun Verb
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Quechua Affixes on Spanish Loans
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Quechua Affixes on Spanish Loans
Noun Verb Adj
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Quechua Affixes on Spanish Loans
Noun Verb Adj
Almost exclusively
Prefix 0.7% 0.0% 0.0%
suffixing
-
- No apparent
Suffix 66.9% 99.9% 37.1% morphological
constraints on
borrowed V, N and A
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Guarani Affixes on Spanish Loans
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Guarani Affixes on Spanish Loans
Noun
Prefix 7.3%
-
Suffix 28.5%
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Guarani Affixes on Spanish Loans
Noun Verb
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Guarani Affixes on Spanish Loans
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Guarani Affixes on Spanish Loans
Noun Verb Adj Most Person markers
-
Suffix 28.5% 32.0% 21.2%
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Guarani Affixes on Spanish Loans
Noun Verb Adj
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Guarani Affixes on Spanish Loans
Noun Verb Adj
Many person markers
(N~A)
Prefix 7.3% 95.4% 11.3%
-
Suffix 28.5% 32.0% 21.2%
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Guarani Affixes on Spanish Loans
Noun Verb Adj
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Guarani Affixes on Spanish Loans
Noun Verb Adj No
constraints
Prefix 7.3% 95.4% 11.3% detected
but:
often
Suffix 28.5% 32.0% 21.2%
less fused
than on
native N/A
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Otomi Affixes on Spanish Loans
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Otomi Affixes on Spanish Loans
Noun
Prefix 6.0%
-
Suffix 7.2%
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Otomi Affixes on Spanish Loans
Noun Verb
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Otomi Affixes on Spanish Loans
Noun Verb Most affixes
of native
Prefix 6.0% 1.6% N&V
- but
Suffix 7.2% 34.0% several
constraints on
loan verbs:
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Otomi morphology and Spanish loans
1. Markers on verbs:
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Otomi morphology and Spanish loans
1. Markers on verbs:
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Otomi morphology and Spanish loans
1. Markers on verbs:
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Otomi morphology and Spanish loans
1. Markers on verbs:
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Otomi morphology and Spanish loans
1. Markers on verbs:
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Otomi morphology and Spanish loans
2. Voicing of initial consonant on verbs in Past.3SG:
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Otomi morphology and Spanish loans
2. Voicing of initial consonant on verbs in Past.3SG:
pa ‘sell’ ma
tai ‘buy’ dai
poni ‘leave’
- boni
-
ähä ‘sleep’ ‘ñähä
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Otomi morphology and Spanish loans
2. Voicing of initial consonant on verbs in Past.3SG:
pa ‘sell’ ma
tai ‘buy’ dai
poni ‘leave’
- boni
-
ähä ‘sleep’ ‘ñähä
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Otomi morphology and Spanish loans
3. No use of impersonal constructions, which are
rampant in Otomi, and marked by t- / ‘- /h- / n-:
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Otomi morphology and Spanish loans
3. No use of impersonal constructions, which are
rampant in Otomi, and marked by t- / ‘- /h- / n-:
1 example: ‘h-mända’
-
- Spanish nouns may be borrowed with derivational
suffixes (+Ag, +Dim), mainly in Quechua, and
less so Guarani, but these are arguably lexical.
- This is consistently
-
so for Quechua and Guarani,
but less so for Otomi (diphtong / e-i).
-
- This is consistently
-
so for Quechua and Guarani,
but less so for Otomi (diphtong).
-