The Role of Intermediary Languages in the Development of Lexical and Grammatical Features of Borrowings: Investigating Italian and Russian Languages

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https://doi.org/10.46991/TSTP/2024.SI.2.172

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intermediary language, contact linguistics, borrowing, Italian-Russian corpora, lexicography, boiar(d)o

Abstract

This study aims to contribute to the analysis of specific words entering a target language (TL) from a source one (SL), through intermediary languages (IL). In particular, this paper will analyse a selection of borrowings that entered Italian (TL) from Russian (SL) and vice-versa, focusing on the role played by IL ​​with respect to the ‘features’ the borrowing shows when entering a TL. The analysis will develop over three main phases: (i) brief excursus about theoretical studies on ‘contact linguistics’; (ii) analysis on the way a selection of both direct & indirect borrowings entered, alternatively, one of the two TLs, at different lexical and grammatical levels; (iii) a case study: the Russianism ‘boiar(d)o’ entering Italian. Some conclusions will be drawn in relation to the importance of a transversal approach, both linguistic and historical, in the analysis of interference phenomena.

Author Biographies

Tania Triberio, University of Verona

Ph.D., Adjunct Professor and post-doc research fellow at the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona, Italy within the “Excellence project 2023-2027”: Inclusive Humanities – Progression of Metalinguistic Notions. Her research interests lie primarily in comparative linguistics, syntax, morphology, semantics, translation, lexicography, corpora, didactics; author of various scientific publications; speaker in national and international conferences.

Erika Avakova, Brusov State University

Ph.D., Associate Professor at the Department of Russian Language at Brusov State University, Armenia. Her research interests are in the areas of theory and methodology of teaching Russian, digital linguistics and pedagogy, text and corpus linguistics, non-formal education, andragogy. She is the author of over 40 scientific works.

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2024-03-29

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Triberio, T., & Avakova, E. (2024). The Role of Intermediary Languages in the Development of Lexical and Grammatical Features of Borrowings: Investigating Italian and Russian Languages. Translation Studies: Theory and Practice, 172–191. https://doi.org/10.46991/TSTP/2024.SI.2.172

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