Publications

Publication details [#7284]

Ornstein, Jacob. 1978. Sociolinguistic constraints on lexical borrowing: The case of Tarahumara (Raramuri) and Spanish. Proceedings of the International Congress of Linguists/Actes du Congrès International des Linguistes 12 : 320–323.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ethnicity | functional constraint | lexical borrowing

Language as a subject

Spanish | Tarahumara

Annotation

Different density of lexical borrowing as a result of sociolinguistic constraints often reflects the effort of an ethnic group to preserve its identity.