RT Journal Article
T1 Constructional borrowing in indirect language contact situations: from Watergate to Fernándezgate
T2 Préstamos construccionales en situaciones de contacto indirecto: de Watergate a Fernándezgate
A1 Martínez Vázquez, Montserrat
K1 Constructional borrowing
K1 Indirect contact
K1 Morphological construction
K1 -gate
K1 Spanish
AB Borrowing involves the replication of form-meaning associations, including (partially filled) words or phrases, and argument structures that are useful in specific communicative contexts. A large corpus-based analysis of a novel Spanish construction was conducted to demonstrate the borrowability of morphological abstract schemas, even in indirect contact situations. The findings indicate that the English -gate schema has been successfully replicated in Spanish. The identification of numerous formations constructed with Spanish bases provides evidence for the schema’s integration into the constructica of Spanish speakers, who extend it in creative ways, both formally and semantically.
PB Universitat de Valencia
YR 2024
FD 2024-12-21
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/22295
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/22295
LA en
NO Martínez Vázquez, Montserrat. 2024. “Constructional borrowing in indirect language contact situations: from Watergate to Fernándezgate”. Quaderns de Filologia: Estudis Lingüístics XXIX: 133-155
NO Filología y Traducción. Universidad Pablo de Olavide.
DS RIO
RD May 9, 2026