Original scientific paper

Transmorphemization: Substitution on the Morphological Level Reinterpreted

Rudolf Filipović

Abstract

Transmorphemization, one of the forms of substitution,
comprises all the changes which appear in the adaptation of
bound monphemes as they pass from the donor language to the
borrowing language. It appears in the citation form of the part
of speech, most frequently in nouns. This article analyzes three
types or stages of transmorphemization: a) Stage l, zero
transmorphemization according to the formula free morpheme
zero bound morpheme; b) Stage 2, compromise transmorphemization in which the compromise replica keeps the
bound morpheme of the donor language, and c) Stage 3, complete
transmorphemization which means complete integration into the
borrowing language rwith replacement of the donor languages
bound morpheme by a synonymous bound monpheme of the
borrowing language. During their morphological adaptation nouns
can pass through all three stages or only two never reaching
the third or skipping over the second. A special case of Stage 3
transmorphemazation is the determination of a loan word's gender through contaminartion. Turansmonpheunization appears also
in pseudo-Anglicisms.

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Hrčak ID:

121799

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/121799

Publication date:

25.11.1980.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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