Open AccessSuffixal Adjectives and Adjectival Participles in the Slang of Lithuanian Language
Author(s) -
Robertas Kudirka
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
respectus philologicus
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.139
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2335-2388
pISSN - 1392-8295
DOI - 10.15388/respectus.2021.40.45.90
Subject(s) - suffix , lithuanian , linguistics , slang , computer science , natural language processing , word formation , artificial intelligence , philosophy
The article analyses 199 suffixal hybrid adjectives and 34 adjectival participles from the Lithuanian slang and non-standard dictionary. The study reveals that borrows with affixal adaptation are adapted to the language system and the adaptive features are determined by regularities: hybrids replicate word formation models from the Standard Lithuanian language. It was found that the most common suffix of affixal adaptation of borrowings from English is suffix -inis. Distribution of hybrids with suffix -iškas is different: there are almost twice less English originated hybrid adjectives with this suffix than originated from Russian language. Adjectival passive participants are most commonly used in the Lithuanian slang.