Adverb formation process in Albanian and Bodo Languages: A comparative study

Year 2017, Volume: 3 Issue: 5 S, 1842 - 1850, 30.10.2017

Ruhan Güçlü

https://doi.org/10.24289/ijsser.339244

Abstract

This study examines the Albanian and Bodo languages in
regard to the morphological processes in adverb formation and the aim is to
reveal the similarities and differences between these languages in regard to the type of the word
before formation such as a)noun, b)adjective, c)pronoun, d)number, e)verb,
f)adverb and the type of morphological processes in the formation such as
a)prefixation, b)suffixation, c)compounding, d)reduplication. To achieve this, the
contrastive analysis (CA) is applied which is composed of three steps as (1) description; (2) juxtaposition;
(3) comparison (Krzeszowski 1990: 35). This contrastive study shows that these
languages share lesser degree of similarities and more of differences in regard
to both the type of the word in the pre-formation form and the type of the
morphological process in the adverb formation process.  In regard to the type of the word in the
pre-formation as an adverb, it is found that Albanian and Bodo languages have
both common points and differences in terms of the noun and adjective category,
however they totally differ from each other in terms of numeral, pronoun and
verb categories. As for the morphological processes realized in the adverb
formation in Albanian and Bodo languages, both languages have prefixation,
suffixation and compounding processes. However, Albanian language has also
reduplication in the adverb formation while Bodo has not. As CA provides better
understanding of linguistic difference between two languages, this study may be
applied to the field of translation and might help the learners of Albanian and
Bodo languages. 

Keywords

Contrastive study, morphological process, Albanian language, Bodo language, adverb formation

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