Formation of the Plural of Nouns in Albanian with the Suffixes with Turkish Source -llarë / -le Cover Image

Formimi i shumësit të emrave në shqipe me prapashtesat me burim turk -llarë / -lerë
Formation of the Plural of Nouns in Albanian with the Suffixes with Turkish Source -llarë / -le

Author(s): Labinot Krasniqi
Subject(s): Morphology, Syntax, Lexis, Historical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Univeristeti i Prishtinës, Fakulteti i Filologjisë
Keywords: Turkish loanwords; plural suffixes; dialectical spread;

Summary/Abstract: The Albanians are people who have constantly lived under the rule of other peoples. This situation has made that also their language has been influenced by the ruler's language. One of the last rulers who has ruled for more than five centuries are Ottomans, who have left left traces of its Ottoman language, hence the Turkish. The Turkish language has extended its influence in Albanian, especially in the lexical field, but there are cases of its influence in the grammar of the Albanian language too. In this paper, we will discuss the extension of the two grammatical elements of the Turkish language plural formation, and their use in the formation of the Albanian language plural. We will first discuss the use of these terms in the Turkish language itself, then we will deal with the case of Albanian, its spread; we will see that which words take the plurality with these endings; is this phenomenon spread just in Turkish loanwords, or also in non-turkish loanwords etc. During this paper we will also consider the work of other scholars in this field. At the end of this work we expect to determine the extent of this phenomenon in Albanian, its first using, in what words has been spread and how much it is present now.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 38.1
  • Page Range: 367-380
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Albanian