Re: phonology of borrowed words
| From: | Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, November 20, 2002, 11:47 |
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On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 02:05 , Erich Rickheit KSC wrote:
> Is there any sort of general wisdom about how 'foreign' phonemes
> get altered when brought into a language? Is actually adopting
> those sounds common?
Hmm. It may be instructive to look at existing examples, especially if
you can find borrowings into a language with a phonology approximating
that of your conlang. I wish I could be more help; in Korean, frex, radio
-> rajio, TV -> terebi (but Korean does have a liquid). As a stopgap you
could look at the IPA chart and pick something that at least has some
featural similarities to the "missing" sound.
Yoon Ha Lee [requiescat@cityofvelis.com]
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