The French Conquest of Russian Lexical Territories: A Study of French Loanwords in Russian

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dc.contributor.authorGrishko, Regina
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-27T21:31:25Z
dc.date.available2016-04-27T21:31:25Z
dc.date.copyright2016en_US
dc.date.issued2016-04-27
dc.description.abstractAt the beginning of the 18th century, under the reign of Peter the Great, French culture, literature and language became prestigious in Russia. During this period and subsequently, numerous loanwords, particularly nouns, found their way into the Russian language. This project examines phonetic and morphological adaptations of French loanwords into Russian. The language has incorporated into its lexicon numerous nominal borrowings, while transforming them so to respect the rules of word construction in Russian. For instance, the equivalent of French constitution in Russian is constitutsiya; while the root was preserved intact, the nominal suffix -tsiya is used instead of French -tion, creating a whole series of Russian words having French roots and Russian suffixes (presentatsiya, illustratsiya, etc.). However, other types of lexical items were borrowed from French without any morphological adaptation; this is the case for bureau, metro, règlement, etc. Therefore, this study sheds light on the different borrowing processes in Russian. It thus permits a more in depth understanding of the long-standing French influence on Russia.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusUnrevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelUndergraduateen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipJamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awarden_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/7216
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectRussian
dc.subjectFrench
dc.subjectloanwords
dc.subjectadaptation
dc.subjectborrowings
dc.subjectassimilation
dc.subjectFrench influence
dc.subjectJamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards (JCURA)
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of French and Francophone Studies
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures
dc.titleThe French Conquest of Russian Lexical Territories: A Study of French Loanwords in Russianen_US
dc.typePosteren_US

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