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This dissertation proposes a model of adaptation and nativization and variation of borrowed verbs in Russian, Bulgarian and Macedonian. The Model of Adaptation and Nativization and Variation is distinguished from other models of borrowing and nativization in that it provides for the speaker perception and thereby incorporates the speaker usage into a linguistic analysis at the morphological level. This study specifically focuses on the status and position of borrowed verbs not only within the parameters of the norms of the standard languages under study, but also concentrates on what constitutes "my language" within the parameters of speaker perception.This study begins from the traditional theoretical constructs of structuralism and markedness theory. Thus the feature [+not mine] is introduced within the concept of a borrowing continuum that at once both reflects and encompasses the process of nativization for the speaker. As the feature is proposed it reflects the limits of the scope of Slavic aspect. Hence, if a speaker accepts a complex form of the borrowed verb then the verb is no longer marked for the feature [+not mine]. The borrowed verbs that are marked for the feature are outside the scope of aspect, i.e., they are without formal aspectual distinction and, moreover, are not incorporated into speaker perception of what constitutes "my language".It is argued that even though prescriptive and normative sources describe the status of borrowed verbs as biaspectual, therefore unassimilated, or as incorporated and therefore assimilated, such sources do not account for the synchronic variation that emerges from data presented in this study.It is further argued that traditional accounts of borrowed verbs fail to incorporate the factors of borrowing and nativization into their description of borrowed verbs. This study takes as its point of departure an incorporation of these factors into an explanation of the synchronic variation of the status and position of borrowed verbs. Such an integrated approach employs borrowed verbs as a source of linguistic information which in turn has implications for the study of language change. |
