Types of loan: Matter and pattern

Sakel, Jeanette

Abstract

A central concern of contact linguistics has long been to categorize the ways in which elements are borrowed from one language into another. For this pur-pose Matras and Sakel (2004) introduced the terms matter (MAT) and pattern(PAT) in the questionnaire on which the sample of contact situations in this book is based (cf. also subsequent publications on the issue, such as Matras and Sakel 2007). In the present chapter I will re-visit the definition of MAT and PAT, as well as address what this distinction could mean in phonology.I will furthermore give an overview of the overall distribution of MAT/PAT in the languages of the sample in order to address the validity of a MAT/PAT distinction in the categorization of contact situations.

• Publication Date: Dec 19, 2007
• Deposit Date: Jan 20, 2024
• Pages: 15-30
• Book Title: Grammatical Borrowing in Cross-Linguistic Perspective
• ISBN: 9783110196283
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110199192.15
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11621957