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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2018)

The Role of Bilingualism on Affix Borrowing: The Case of Nominal and Verbal Derivation in Chimalaba

https://doi.org/10.56279/jhss.v7i1.63
hamisi amani
Y. Mreta PhD
College of Humanities University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Corresponding Author(s) : hamisi amani

hamisiamani@yahoo.co.nz

Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), Vol. 7 No. 1 (2018)

Abstract

This paper describes an interesting case of the role of bilingualism on affix borrowing from
Kiswahili into Chimalaba. The data were collected through interviews, previous collected
corpora, native narratives and targeted elicitations. Thomason’s (2001), Borrowing Scale (BS)
and the Principle of Functional Explanation (PFE) guided the analysis. The BS predicts the
level of intensity of contact with possible socio-historical factors for borrowing of particular
structural features, whereas the PFE through a Multi-Causation Model (MCM) specifies the
interplay of factors in promoting structural borrowing in a hierarchy. The findings indicate
that bilingualism plays an intermediary role in promoting affix borrowing in Chimalaba. It
has been revealed that bilingualism is a secondary factor, which itself is influenced by primary
factors above it and tertiary factors below it to promote affix borrowing. Thus, bilingualism
in itself does not explain the whole picture in affix borrowing, but it influences borrowing in
combination with other factors.
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bilingualism structural borrowing socio-historical factors linguistic factors
The Role of Bilingualism on Affix Borrowing: The Case of Nominal and Verbal Derivation in Chimalaba. (2020). Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), 7(1). https://doi.org/10.56279/jhss.v7i1.63
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