Toward a Taxonomy of Loanword Prosody

Building on previous works (e.g. Kubozono 2006, and Kang 2010), this article attempts to establish a taxonomy for loanword prosody, referring specifically to the patterns of stress, tone, or pitch-accent that are found in loanwords. Toward a taxonomy, we consider the following factors: (i) whether t...

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Autores principales: Stuart Davis, Natsuko Tsujimura, Jung-yueh Tu
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:5228e174ee154b4084c7cc7a5134e9bb2021-11-27T10:47:22ZToward a Taxonomy of Loanword Prosody10.5565/rev/catjl.81695-68852014-9719https://doaj.org/article/5228e174ee154b4084c7cc7a5134e9bb2012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/8https://doaj.org/toc/1695-6885https://doaj.org/toc/2014-9719Building on previous works (e.g. Kubozono 2006, and Kang 2010), this article attempts to establish a taxonomy for loanword prosody, referring specifically to the patterns of stress, tone, or pitch-accent that are found in loanwords. Toward a taxonomy, we consider the following factors: (i) whether the pronunciation of the word in the source language influences the assignment of prosody in the borrowing language; (ii) whether prosody assignment is aided by rules (or constraints) that are specific to loanwords; and (iii) whether segmental features or suprasegmental features play a role. Exemplification of languages instantiating the taxonomy will be provided with discussion regarding issues that arise from the proposed taxonomy.Stuart DavisNatsuko TsujimuraJung-yueh TuUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaarticleloanwordprosodytaxonomyPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091CAENCatalan Journal of Linguistics, Vol 11 (2012)
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EN
topic loanword
prosody
taxonomy
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
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prosody
taxonomy
Philology. Linguistics
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Stuart Davis
Natsuko Tsujimura
Jung-yueh Tu
Toward a Taxonomy of Loanword Prosody
description Building on previous works (e.g. Kubozono 2006, and Kang 2010), this article attempts to establish a taxonomy for loanword prosody, referring specifically to the patterns of stress, tone, or pitch-accent that are found in loanwords. Toward a taxonomy, we consider the following factors: (i) whether the pronunciation of the word in the source language influences the assignment of prosody in the borrowing language; (ii) whether prosody assignment is aided by rules (or constraints) that are specific to loanwords; and (iii) whether segmental features or suprasegmental features play a role. Exemplification of languages instantiating the taxonomy will be provided with discussion regarding issues that arise from the proposed taxonomy.
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