Abstract
In this article I analyze techniques for how Georgian accommodates English loan verbs. The major role is played by preverbs, in particular, the preverb da-, which itself occupies a special role in the system of Georgian preverbs due to its high degree of grammaticalization. This technique, the use of preverb da-, is compared to the strategy Georgian employed to accommodate Russian verbs in the beginning of Georgian–Russian language contact.It seems that the use of da- does not fit into the four major types of the typology of verbal borrowings of Wohlgemuth [Wohlgemuth, Jan, 2009. A Typology of Verbal Borrowings. Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs 211 [TiLSM]. Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.] and, thus, falls into the unclassified “other types” category. At the end of the article, I indicate future research topics, among which is the study of highly grammaticalized morphemes as a possible systematic subcategory in the “other” class of the typology of verbal borrowings.
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