Slavic-Albanian Language Contact, Convergence, and Coexistence
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu13384069072021-08-03T06:05:34Z Slavic-Albanian Language Contact, Convergence, and Coexistence Curtis, Matthew Cowan East European Studies European History Foreign Language History Language Language Arts Linguistics Minority and Ethnic Groups Morphology Slavic Literature Slavic Studies Sociolinguistics Slavic Albanian language contact linguistics Balkan linguistics As historical relationships of Slavs and Albanians in the western Balkans have been subject to a wide range of scholarly interpretations, this dissertation seeks to present the facts of linguistic evidence of Slavic-Albanian contact, and apply them to an informed understanding of Slavs’ and Albanians’ interactions historically. Although individual linguistic features are important for establishing the historical fact of language contact, only a systematic, comprehensive analysis of the several interrelated parts of language—vocabulary, phonology, and morphosyntax—can indicate how the languages, and the communities speaking them, have been affected by the long-standing contact. This study also considers the languages from the perspective of several language-contact theories, creating a multifaceted approach that reveals strengths and weaknesses of each theory, and also paints a multidimensional picture of the effects of language contact and socio-cultural reasons for the languages’ changes. This layered analysis demonstrates that contact between Slavs and Albanians has brought about many linguistic changes, particularly in dialects that have remained in contact with one another. While the most obvious effects are the plenteous lexical borrowings, language contact is also present in phonology and morphosyntax, thus affecting every aspect of the dialects in contact. As the linguistic data shows, Albanian and Slavic communities have enriched one another linguistically and likely in other aspects of their cultural inheritances as well. 2012-06-26 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338406907 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338406907 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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East European Studies European History Foreign Language History Language Language Arts Linguistics Minority and Ethnic Groups Morphology Slavic Literature Slavic Studies Sociolinguistics Slavic Albanian language contact linguistics Balkan linguistics |
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East European Studies European History Foreign Language History Language Language Arts Linguistics Minority and Ethnic Groups Morphology Slavic Literature Slavic Studies Sociolinguistics Slavic Albanian language contact linguistics Balkan linguistics Curtis, Matthew Cowan Slavic-Albanian Language Contact, Convergence, and Coexistence |
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Slavic-Albanian Language Contact, Convergence, and Coexistence |
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