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The Perception of Loan Verb Integration Strategies in Romanian

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2019, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Linguistics.
The study of cross-linguistic lexical borrowing is a hot topic today, yet there remain some languages on which there has been little work regarding these words once they have been borrowed. In particular, the borrowing of verbs is of interest due to the amount of information that is encoded on them in the form of morphological endings. One language that has a rich morphological system and yet seems to have no issues with borrowing is Romanian. Borrowed verbs in Romanian tend to take one of three suffixes during conjugation: -ez, -esc, or -uiesc. These suffixes hold no meaning, and yet seem to be obligatory. This shows some similarity to the claims of Ralli (2016) in her work on verbalizers in Greek; therefore, I use this comparison as a starting point for analysis. In this study, I look to investigate speakers’ perceptions of the use of these suffixes, as well as the function of these suffixes, through the use of a perception study aimed at speakers’ reactions to the use of each suffix on various loan verbs. I also compare the ways in which loan verbs are integrated into Romanian to those in which they are integrated in Greek.
Brian Joseph (Advisor)
Andrea Sims (Committee Member)
35 p.

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  • Wagner, R. D. (2019). The Perception of Loan Verb Integration Strategies in Romanian [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1566071578699824

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wagner, Riley. The Perception of Loan Verb Integration Strategies in Romanian. 2019. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1566071578699824.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wagner, Riley. "The Perception of Loan Verb Integration Strategies in Romanian." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1566071578699824

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)