Patterns of Morphological Integration of Slavic Loan Nouns in Petkevičius’ Catechism (1598) as an Indication of Their Origin and Chronology
Patterns of Morphological Integration of Slavic Loan Nouns in Petkevičius’ Catechism (1598) as an Indication of Their Origin and Chronology
Author(s): Anželika SmetonienėContributor(s): Jovita Bagdonavičiūtė (Translator)
Subject(s): Morphology, Comparative Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages, Eastern Slavic Languages, South Slavic Languages, Baltic Languages, 16th Century, Philology
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Petkevičius’ Catechism; Slavic loanwords; morphological integration; Slavic languages;
Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the morphological integration of Slavic loan nouns featuring in Merkelis Petkevičius’ Catechism (1598) into the Lithuanian language. It attempts to establish whether the pattern of adaptation of a Slavic loanword to a particular Lithuanian stem can suggest its more precise origin. In order to achieve this objective, I extracted all Slavic loan nouns from Petkevičius’ Catechism, identified their stems and meanings, and established their equivalents in Slavic languages of the relevant period (Old Russian, Ruthenian, Old and Middle Polish). Comparing this data made it possible to establish some common patterns of integration of Slavic loanwords into the morphological system of the Lithuanian language. A direct relationship was identified between the endings and gender of the Slavic words and the Lithuanian stems into which they were integrated. Therefore, in some cases the pattern of adaptation of a Slavic loanword can suggest its path into the Lithuanian language.
Journal: Studia z Filologii Polskiej i Słowiańskiej
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 54
- Page Range: 1-30
- Page Count: 30
- Language: English