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DESCRIPTION:In recent decades\, the idea that the Indo-Aryan language fam
 ily has been influenced through intimate contact with Dravidian language
 s has been popular among scholars of South Asian linguistics. One partic
 ular Indic language\, however\, seems to have been more heavily affected
  by a possible language shift than most: Marathi. In opposition to this 
 view\, several scholars such as Hock (2001) and Kulkarni-Joshi (2017a) h
 ave casted doubt upon the substratum theory. In this presentation\, the 
 substratum theory is tested using Thomason’s (2011) and Robbeets’ (in pr
 ess) five-step methodology. Marathi\, Old Marathi and Hindi are analyzed
  for presence or absence of prototypical Dravidian features. Here\, Hind
 i is used to represent a prototypical Indo-Aryan language as a point of 
 comparison. Additionally\, lexical borrowings from Dravidian in Marathi 
 are analyzed. Since Marathi seems to have borrowed a significant number 
 of Dravidian words into its core vocabulary\, yet contains many structur
 al features prototypical of Dravidian\, it is concluded that though the 
 substratum theory remains highly likely\, Kulkarni-Joshi’s (2017a) theor
 y of lexical change through diglossia is likely at the same time. Thus\,
  a new timeline of Marathi's evolution is proposed in which the two theo
 ries coexist together.
URL:https://talks.stuts.de/de/stuts80/public/events/1589
SUMMARY:Substrate Interference from Dravidian in Marathi
ORGANIZER:stuts80
LOCATION:stuts80 - S 85 
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