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Grammatical borrowing from Spanish/Portuguese in some native languages of Latin America

Sakel, Jeanette

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Jeanette Sakel Jeanette.Sakel@uwe.ac.uk
Professor of Language and Linguistics



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In this paper I investigate how different factors can influence the range of grammatical categories affected by language contact, drawing on a sample of ten native languages of Latin America. The languages are all in contact with the highly dominant languages Spanish and Portuguese, but they differ with respect to a range of sociolinguistic factors relating to the contact situation. I am investigating the categories affected by borrowing in the languages of the sample, relating them to these different factors. My aim is to shed light on the reasons for why some Native American languages display borrowing in a wide range of categories, whereas other appears more restricted in what is borrowed.

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Sakel, J. (2010). Grammatical borrowing from Spanish/Portuguese in some native languages of Latin America. STUF - Language Typology and Universals, 63(1), 65-78. https://doi.org/10.1524/stuf.2010.0006

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Apr 16, 2010
Publicly Available Date Jun 8, 2019
Journal STUF - Language Typology and Universals
Print ISSN 2196-7148
Electronic ISSN 1867-8319
Publisher De Gruyter
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 63
Issue 1
Pages 65-78
DOI https://doi.org/10.1524/stuf.2010.0006
Keywords grammatical borrowing, Spanish/Portuguese, native languages, Latin America
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/988168
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1524/stuf.2010.0006
Additional Information Additional Information : Full text is copyright Akademie Verlag, reproduced here with permission.

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