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Original scientific paper

Transmorphemization in the dictionary of Anglicisms in Russian -theory and application

Rudolf Filipović ; Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, Zagreb
Antica Menac ; Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, Zagreb


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Abstract

Transmorphemization, one of the forms of substitution on the morphological level, is a system consisting of four components: a) basic transmorphemization, b) the formation of the quotation forms of substantives, verbs and adjectives, c) the adaptation of morphological categories: gender of substantives and verbal aspect, d) primary and secondary adaptation. In this article only three components are analyzed, while the fourth will be discussed in another article. Basic transmorphemization appears in the citation forms of Anglicisms in three types: a) zero transmorphemization following the formula: English free morpheme + zero bound morpheme; b) compromise transmorphemization in which Anglicisms keep bound morphemes of the donor language -English; c) complete transmorphemization in which bound morphemes of the donor language -English are replaced by synonymous bound morphemes of the borrowing language -Russian. The quotation forms of substantives, verbs and adjectives are formed according to the rules of word formation in the borrowing language -Russian. Marking the morphological category of gender is closely connected with the formation of the quotation forms of Anglicisms in order to fit the morphological system of Russian. Since Russian has a category of verbal aspect, which does not exist in English, it requires a special treatment: a) in primary adaptation some verbal Anglicisms do not mark verbal aspect morphologically but only by the context (they are biaspectual verbs); b) in secondary adaptation these verbs may denote aspect in the way verbal aspect is marked in Russian, by using prefixes and suffixes. The result of the analysis carried out in this article will be applied in the work on the morphological level in the 'Dictionary of Anglicisms in Russian' which is a part of the project “The English Element in European Languages”

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Hrčak ID:

173332

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/173332

Publication date:

4.12.1995.

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