Query Details
| Query Subject: |
Loanword adaptation of syllable-final clusters
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| Author: | Jennifer Smith |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email |
| Query: |
I am working on a project related to phonological modifications of loanwords. In particular, I am interested in things that happen to words with syllable-final clusters when they are borrowed into languages that don't allow such clusters. Any suggestions of languages that might belong to one of the following two categories would be greatly appreciated. (1) Languages that have two (or more) *different strategies* for adapting borrowed coda clusters, depending on the nature of the consonants in the cluster (such as sonority class, place of articulation, or status as a legitimate coda consonant in the borrowing language). Japanese, Korean, and Cantonese are examples of this type of language. (2) Languages that adapt CVXY to CV.XvY, where X and Y are *both obstruents* (stops, fricatives, or affricates) and small [v] is an epenthetic vowel. I would also be interested in knowing whether this is the adaptation strategy used for all borrowed coda clusters in the language, or whether there are multiple adaptation strategies as decribed in (1) above. Please reply directly to me (jlsmith@email.unc.edu). I will post a summary of any results I receive. Many thanks, - Jen Jennifer Smith Department of Linguistics jlsmith@unc.edu 322 Dey Hall, CB #3155 http://www.unc.edu/~jlsmith University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA |
