Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
lexical borrowings, Finnish, Swedish, Russian, language
College
Humanities
Department
German and Russian
Abstract
The research for this project was initially conducted under the assumption that Finnish lexical borrowings from Swedish would considerably differ from its Russian counterparts. However, as more data was collected from various semantic fields, it became evident that the borrowings presented general borrowing patterns across the board not only in Swedish and Russian but also in other Germanic and Slavic languages. In the course of data pooling and analysis the conclusion for this research paper was the following: there are only a few if no differences in the manner, in which Finnish borrows words since the predominant patterns suggest that Finnish borrowing is similar in the case of both Russian and Swedish.
Recommended Citation
Felin, Esko Timi Petteri and Smith, Dr. Laura Catherine
(2013)
"A comparison of lexical borrowings into Finnish from Swedish and Russian,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 838.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/838