«Feines molt <i>random</i>!»: l'adaptació flexiva de nombre en adjectius manllevats en català i espanyol

In this paper we analyze the inflectional adaptation of number of several adjectival loanwords in Catalan and Spanish. Based on a corpus of print and digital press, we quantify the forms with a plural marker (-s) and those which remain invaria­ble. According to the Natural Morphology principles of uniformity, transparency, iconicity and system-congruity, the adjectival loanwords should adopt a plural marker. However, both in Catalan and Spanish, the respective language academies suggest the invariability of number in these cases. Indeed, the analyzed forms do not usually pre­sent a plural marker, especially in occurrences with a consonantal ending. The results, therefore, agree with the academy recommendations and contravene the naturalness principles, given the lack of iconicity or syncretism that singular and plural forms usual­ly display.