<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Languages have been in contact since their existence. The Hungarian and Romanian languages have been so for at least 800 years. The present article aims at analysing the structural changes in the monosyllabic Hungarian loanwords in Romanian. After the theoretical introduction, I discuss the phonological status of the /j/ sound, which is very important in this kind of investigations. After that, I present the syllable structure types of these monosyllabic Hungarian etymons and I present, as well, the changing schemes of their structures in the borrowing. The study concludes that the most affected parts of the syllables are the nucleus and the coda.</p></abstract>

Languages have been in contact since their existence. The Hungarian and Romanian languages have been so for at least 800 years. The present article aims at analysing the structural changes in the monosyllabic Hungarian loanwords in Romanian. After the theoretical introduction, I discuss the phonological status of the /j/ sound, which is very important in this kind of investigations. After that, I present the syllable structure types of these monosyllabic Hungarian etymons and I present, as well, the changing schemes of their structures in the borrowing. The study concludes that the most affected parts of the syllables are the nucleus and the coda.

Word Structure Change in Language Contact

Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica

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Monosyllabic Hungarian Loanwords in Romanian

Languages have been in contact since their existence. The Hungarian and Romanian languages have been so for at least 800 years. The present article aims at...

Word Structure Change in Language Contact

Published Online: Feb 25, 2019

Page range: 131 - 151

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausp-2018-0032

Keywords
language contact, syllable structure changes

© 2018 Csaba Attila Both, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Word Structure Change in Language Contact

Published Online: Feb 25, 2019

Page range: 131 - 151

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausp-2018-0032

Keywordslanguage contact, syllable structure changes

© 2018 Csaba Attila Both, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
language contact, syllable structure changes