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Peer reviewedKoo, John H. – Russian Language Journal, 1980
Alaska, with its history of Russian colonization, has a large stock of Russian loanwords. The majority of the loanwords discussed are for cultural and concrete items and are substances, emerging as noun words, to which paragogic endings are agglutinated. (NCR)
Descriptors: Eskimo Aleut Languages, Linguistic Borrowing, Morphemes, Morphology (Languages)
Peer reviewedCorbett, Greville G.; Mithun, Marianne – Journal of Linguistics, 1996
This article discusses how constructing a typology of number systems is complicated by the existence of associative forms and why this problem arises. Data from Central Pomo and Central Alaskan Yupik demonstrate how this problem can be resolved. (18 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Eskimo Aleut Languages, Language Typology, Nouns, Number Systems
