Conference Report: 49. Österreichische Linguistiktagung. Workshop "Native vs. Borrowed Word Formation in Synchrony and Diachrony" (5–6 December 2025; Klagenfurt, Austria)

Abstract

The workshop “Native vs. Borrowed Word Formation in Synchrony and Diachrony” took place from the 5th to the 6th of December, 2025 in Klagenfurt (Austria) as part of the 49. Österrei­chi­sche Lin­guis­tik­ta­gung. It focused on the cross-linguistically widespread but still understudied phenomenon of the coexistence of borrowed and native word-formation morphology (Matras & Sakel 2007; Gardani et al. 2015). The workshop included 13 presentations offering a comprehensive and theoretically informed exploration of morphological borrowing across many languages (Ancient Greek, Bosnian / Croatian / Montenegrin / Serbian, Dutch, English, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Latin, Lithuanian, Palestinian Arabic, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, Turkish) and domains (derivation, compounding, nominalization, morphological productivity, and affix rivalry, among many others).

Publication History:
submitted: 19 January 2026
accepted: 20 January 2026
published: 1 April 2026