Nonesuch phonemes in loanwords

被引:4
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作者
Kennard, Holly J. [1 ]
Lahiri, Aditi [2 ]
机构
[1] Clarendon Inst, Fac Linguist Philol & Phonet, Walton St, Oxford OX1 2HG, England
[2] Univ Oxford, Ctr Linguist & Philol, Walton St, Oxford OX1 2HG, England
基金
欧洲研究理事会;
关键词
phonology; loanwords; Bengali; English; Swiss German; ADAPTATION; ASPIRATION; GEMINATE; LANGUAGE; GERMAN;
D O I
10.1515/ling-2019-0033
中图分类号
H0 [语言学];
学科分类号
030303 ; 0501 ; 050102 ;
摘要
Loanwords may or may not affect the phonological system of a language. Much of the loanword literature has focused on the adaptation of "foreign" contrasts to native systems; however, there are certain cases where languages appear to have borrowed new phonemes. We argue that loanwords alone cannot introduce a new phoneme into a language unless there are special circumstances. We examine three case studies of apparently borrowed "unusual" phonemic contrasts: Swiss German initial geminates, Bengali retroflex stops, and English voiced fricatives. In each case, we find that rather than the loanwords introducing brand-new phonemes, an existing allophonic alternation has become phonemic due to a large influx of loanwords. Thus, the phonology rather than the phonetics alone - marked or otherwise - dominates the absorption of loans.
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页码:83 / 108
页数:26
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