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Nonesuch phonemes in loanwords
- Abstract:
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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, Ben...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- De Gruyter Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Linguistics Journal website
- Volume:
- 58
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 83–108
- Publication date:
- 2019-11-14
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-10-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1613-396X
- ISSN:
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0024-3949
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:955267
- UUID:
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uuid:c4d65633-673a-4981-a776-2dffeb0e97f3
- Local pid:
- pubs:955267
- Source identifiers:
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955267
- Deposit date:
- 2018-12-31
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- Copyright holder:
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Rights statement:
- Copyright © 2019 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston.
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