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Language Contact and the Lexicon in the History of Cypriot Greek (Contemporary Studies in Descriptive Linguistics)

Stavroula Varella

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Description:Cypriot is unique among the Modern Greek dialects in possessing such a variegated vocabulary – testimony, indeed, to the chequered history of the island. This book presents a thorough investigation of the foreign component of the Cypriot lexis. It traces, firstly, the relevant socio-cultural factors that gave rise to it. It presents, secondly, a detailed account of how words from sources as diverse as Romance, Arabic, Turkish and English became fully nativised and indistinguishable from the native stock. A fresh case study of language contact and lexical borrowing, it addresses such issues as the extent of lexical borrowing, the types of vocabulary borrowed, the relationship between the social integration and the structural adaptation of loans, and the degree and predictability of the phonological, morphological and even semantic modification affecting foreign words.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Language Contact and the Lexicon in the History of Cypriot Greek (Contemporary Studies in Descriptive Linguistics). To get started finding Language Contact and the Lexicon in the History of Cypriot Greek (Contemporary Studies in Descriptive Linguistics), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Cypriot is unique among the Modern Greek dialects in possessing such a variegated vocabulary – testimony, indeed, to the chequered history of the island. This book presents a thorough investigation of the foreign component of the Cypriot lexis. It traces, firstly, the relevant socio-cultural factors that gave rise to it. It presents, secondly, a detailed account of how words from sources as diverse as Romance, Arabic, Turkish and English became fully nativised and indistinguishable from the native stock. A fresh case study of language contact and lexical borrowing, it addresses such issues as the extent of lexical borrowing, the types of vocabulary borrowed, the relationship between the social integration and the structural adaptation of loans, and the degree and predictability of the phonological, morphological and even semantic modification affecting foreign words.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Language Contact and the Lexicon in the History of Cypriot Greek (Contemporary Studies in Descriptive Linguistics). To get started finding Language Contact and the Lexicon in the History of Cypriot Greek (Contemporary Studies in Descriptive Linguistics), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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