Borrowing of verbal morphology

[David L. White]

> There have recently been claims on this list that verbal morphology can
> never be borrowed.  But I note now that this claim is falsified by an
> example presented in the Thomason and Kaufman book which started the
> discussion.  On pp. 215-222, T&K discuss the example of Asia Minor Greek,

        In noted this case in my first discussion of the subject.  This is a
different kind of borrowing, because it involves addition of a borrowed
suffix rather than replacement of a native suffix by a borrowed suffix.
Megleno-Rumanian shows the same sort of thing (as Anatolian Greek).  In my
later postings I have been simplifying somewhat, as having to use some term
that would exclude this sort of thing would be a bit awkward.  I have also
been rhetorically ignoring (at times) the case of Kormakiti, which again
shows clear differences, for the same reason.  Sorry if I confused anybody
(or everybody), but this issue is nothing if not complex.

Dr. David L. White