Cantonese Loanwords: Conflicting Faithfulness in VC Rime Constraints

This paper focuses on the ways in which English loanwords are brought into line with four phonotactic constraints that restrict the possible combinations of nuclear vowels and coda consonants in Cantonese Chinese. It is found that three of the four constraints are strictly enforced in loans. Repairs...

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Autor principal:	Michael J. Kenstowicz
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Lenguaje:	CA EN
Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2012
Materias:	loanword adaptation rime constraints Cantonese consonant place hierarchy Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cfd48d997ba9440d83e40a9a199cb8ab2021-11-27T10:47:21ZCantonese Loanwords: Conflicting Faithfulness in VC Rime Constraints10.5565/rev/catjl.111695-68852014-9719https://doaj.org/article/cfd48d997ba9440d83e40a9a199cb8ab2012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/11https://doaj.org/toc/1695-6885https://doaj.org/toc/2014-9719This paper focuses on the ways in which English loanwords are brought into line with four phonotactic constraints that restrict the possible combinations of nuclear vowels and coda consonants in Cantonese Chinese. It is found that three of the four constraints are strictly enforced in loans. Repairs change either the vowel or the coda consonant. Parallel to Mandarin, changes in vowel height features ([high], [ATR]) as opposed to changes in vowel backness are employed. Coda consonant changes obey a dorsal > coronal > labial faithfulness hierarchy that mirrors the typology of coda mergers discovered by Chen (1973) for many Chinese dialects. While changes in both the vowel and coda consonant occur, on-line adaptations favor changing the coda and preserving the vowel and suggest that the relative phonetic salience of the nuclear vowel to the coda consonant still plays a role in these adaptations.Michael J. KenstowiczUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelonaarticleloanword adaptationrime constraintsCantoneseconsonant place hierarchyPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091CAENCatalan Journal of Linguistics, Vol 11 (2012)
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description	This paper focuses on the ways in which English loanwords are brought into line with four phonotactic constraints that restrict the possible combinations of nuclear vowels and coda consonants in Cantonese Chinese. It is found that three of the four constraints are strictly enforced in loans. Repairs change either the vowel or the coda consonant. Parallel to Mandarin, changes in vowel height features ([high], [ATR]) as opposed to changes in vowel backness are employed. Coda consonant changes obey a dorsal > coronal > labial faithfulness hierarchy that mirrors the typology of coda mergers discovered by Chen (1973) for many Chinese dialects. While changes in both the vowel and coda consonant occur, on-line adaptations favor changing the coda and preserving the vowel and suggest that the relative phonetic salience of the nuclear vowel to the coda consonant still plays a role in these adaptations.
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title	Cantonese Loanwords: Conflicting Faithfulness in VC Rime Constraints
title_short	Cantonese Loanwords: Conflicting Faithfulness in VC Rime Constraints
title_full	Cantonese Loanwords: Conflicting Faithfulness in VC Rime Constraints
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title_full_unstemmed	Cantonese Loanwords: Conflicting Faithfulness in VC Rime Constraints
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Cantonese Loanwords: Conflicting Faithfulness in VC Rime Constraints

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