Loan phonology /

For many different reasons, speakers borrow words from other languages to fill gaps in their own lexical inventory. The past ten years have been characterized by a great interest among phonologists in the issue of how the nativization of loanwords occurs. The general feeling is that loanword nativiz...

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Other Authors: Calabrese, Andrea, 1956-, Wetzels, Leo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2009.
Series:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 307.
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Summary:For many different reasons, speakers borrow words from other languages to fill gaps in their own lexical inventory. The past ten years have been characterized by a great interest among phonologists in the issue of how the nativization of loanwords occurs. The general feeling is that loanword nativization provides a direct window for observing how acoustic cues are categorized in terms of the distinctive features relevant to the L1 phonological system as well as for studying L1 phonological processes in action and thus to the true synchronic phonology of L1. The collection of essays presented i.
Physical Description:1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027288967
9027288968
9781282444980
1282444980
ISSN:0304-0763 ;
DOI:10.1075/cilt.307