Eintrag

Titel

The Role of Phonology and Phonetics in Loanword Adaptation. German and French Front Rounded Vowels in Japanese

Personen

Katrin Dohlus

Jahr

2010

Typ

Monographie

Verlag

Peter Lang

Ort

Frankfurt a. M. usw.

Reihe

Europäische Hochschulschriften

Band

353

Sprache(n)

Deutsch
Französisch
Japanisch

Schlagwörter

Lehnwort
Phonetik
Phonologie
Vokal

Abstract

Do loanword adaptations apply on a phonological or a phonetic level? This study addresses this issue by investigating the adaptation of German and French loanwords and proper names with front rounded vowels into Japanese. The adaptation forms of front rounded vowels are analysed from a phonological and a phonetic perspective. Both the phonological and the phonetic analysis can account for part of the data, but neither alone is able to account for all the adaptation forms of German and French front rounded vowels in Japanese. It is shown that adaptations are complex processes determined by a variety of factors such as perception, knowledge of the source language, and written forms. Furthermore, it is shown that socio-linguistic factors have a major impact on adaptation processes.

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