In this study, I revisit the claim that nominals denoting complex events must derive from discernible verbal stems and be headed by an overt nominalizer. show Turkish has a set of nominals, crucially foreign origin, which provides counter-evidence to both claims. From perspective grammar, they are morphologically noncompositional, manifesting neither detectable basis nor nominalizer although ca...

This brief paper aims to draw attention the widespread and ongoing phenomenon of lexical borrowing from Khoekhoe-branch languages into regional Afrikaans. A case study one Afrikaans plant name loaned languages, karee (Searsia lancea, Searsia spp.), is used demonstrate how post-shift phonological attrition can lead conflation, hence semantic extension. strongly recommends that public-facing scie...

The article deals with the state of neologism processes and dynamics borrowing in modern French language for period 2015-2018, examines theoretical foundations above-mentioned linguistic phenomena a justified method researching various aspects neologisms results analysis borrowings. use Néoveille platform made it possible to semi-automatically detect, describe linguistically, trace temporal evo...