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SUMMARY
Two borrowed suffixes’
Keywords: word formation, foreign influence, suffixes, language purism
This paper discusses two foreign suffixes found in Icelandic adjectives derived ffom
names of countries and foreign places, -ansk- and -ísk- (-isk-). The first one is, almost
without exception, found in genuine loanwords, mostly originating in Danish, where-
as the second has been used in word formation in Icelandic. Proponents of Icelandic
language purism have for years opposed the use of adjectives with the suffix -ansk-
(mexíkanskur ‘Mexican’, etc.), along with corresponding nouns with the suffix -an-
(mexíkani ‘a Mexican’, etc.), while they have looked upon the suffix -ísk- with a
different view, and even encouraged use of it in word formation. A comparison of an
Icelandic hand list from 1974, with names of countries and matching adjectives, with
a list ffom 1994, both deriving from The Icelandic Language Council, shows that the
resistance against -ansk- had increased, while reduction of words with -ísk- was in-
significant.
Veturliði G. Óskarsson
Kennaraháskóla tslands
Stakkahlíö
IS-105 Reykjavík, ÍSLAND
Veturosk@khi.is