tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post4004821935513782014..comments2024-03-23T01:31:13.502+01:00Comments on Jabal al-Lughat: A note on AzerLameen Souag الأمين سواقhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00773164776222840428noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-79872597170200486152010-12-06T15:48:28.540+01:002010-12-06T15:48:28.540+01:00English "student" has word-initial stres...English "student" has word-initial stress, German "Student" has final stress.<br /><br />Perhaps the most obvious guess would be a past era of elite dominance by Berber speakers over Northern Songhay speakers. Which areas of life are the Berber loanwords concentrated in?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15801555065762775162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-39029063507971116982010-11-08T08:01:43.615+01:002010-11-08T08:01:43.615+01:00David: I suspect that has to do with mature being ...David: I suspect that has to do with <i>mature</i> being an adjective. Nouns in <i>-ure</i> don't have final stress, with the exception of very recent borrowings like <i>brochure, chaussure, couture, doublure, gipure, hachure,voiture</i>. <i>Velure</i> dates to Middle English days, but is now usually spelled <i>velour</i>. Verbs in <i>-ure</i> are found with both final and non-final stress.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-70030857983303117032010-10-22T16:18:46.460+02:002010-10-22T16:18:46.460+02:00German much more resistant than either
...while a...<i>German much more resistant than either</i><br /><br />...while at the same time having much less of a problem than English in keeping the original stress (often on the last syllable) as opposed to imposing a word-initial one. For instance, English keeps final stress in <i>mature</i> but not in <i>nature</i>, <i>culture</i> or any other <i>-ure</i> word, unlike German or apparently Dutch.David Marjanovićnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-87607314579924701622010-10-13T22:29:21.984+02:002010-10-13T22:29:21.984+02:00The answer can't be merely linguistic
It is a ...<i>The answer can't be merely linguistic</i><br />It is a truth almost universally acknowledged that the history of a particular language is but a reflection of the history of its speakers.bulbulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505565281151328789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-9231322033217888572010-10-13T15:32:00.987+02:002010-10-13T15:32:00.987+02:00Well, who knows? Why is English so receptive to R...Well, who knows? Why is English so receptive to Romance loanwords and loan morphemes, Dutch to loanwords but not in general loan morphemes, German much more resistant than either, and Icelandic almost completely resistant? The answer can't be merely linguistic: it's really the people who speak these languages at different periods who are collectively accepting or resisting.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.com