论身体部位的可借性

IF 0.5 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Journal of Language Contact Pub Date : 2021-12-14 DOI:10.1163/19552629-14020005

Kelsie E. Pattillo

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摘要

近年来，定量的跨语言研究表明，身体部位是最少借用的语义场之一(Tadmor and Haspelmath, 2009a;2009 b;Tadmor, 2009)。由于身体部位与封闭类有许多相似之处，很容易认为一种语言没有什么动机将身体部位术语借用到它的词汇中。然而，尽管跨语言借用的比例较低，但有些语言在命名身体时使用的借用比例要高得多。这种跨语言借用背后的动机尚不清楚，但在很大程度上可以用社会因素来解释。正如Thomason和Kaufman(1988)以及Thomason(2008)所声称的那样，社会因素通常胜过语言因素，成为接触诱发变化的预测因素。本研究首先讨论了对词汇借用的限制，然后研究了来自各种语言的身体部位外来词的案例，展示了它们如何适应激发这种借用的社会模式。

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On the Borrowability of Body Parts

Within recent years, quantitative cross-linguistic research has shown that body parts are one of the least borrowed semantic fields (Tadmor and Haspelmath, 2009a; 2009b; Tadmor, 2009). With body parts showing many similarities to closed classes, it is simple to assume there is little motivation for a language to borrow body part terms into its lexicon. Yet, despite its lower percentage of borrowings cross-linguistically, some languages employ much higher percentages of borrowings for naming the body. The motivations behind such borrowings across languages remain unexplored but can largely be explained by social factors. As Thomason and Kaufman (1988) and Thomason (2008) claim, social factors generally trump linguistic factors as predictors of contact-induced change. This study first discusses proposed inhibitions to lexical borrowing and then examines cases of body part loanwords from various languages showing how they fit into social patterns motivating such borrowings.

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Journal of Language Contact LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS-

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20 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Language Contact (JLC) is a peer-reviewed open access journal. It focuses on the study of language contact, language use and language change in accordance with a view of language contact whereby both empirical data (the precise description of languages and how they are used) and the resulting theoretical elaborations (hence the statement and analysis of new problems) become the primary engines for advancing our understanding of the nature of language. This involves linguistic, anthropological, historical, and cognitive factors. Such an approach makes a major new contribution to understanding language change at a time when there is a notable increase of interest and activity in this field. The Journal of Language Contact accepts articles in English and French.