The unnatural /Cju/ (&lt; foreign /Cy/) sequence in Russian loanwords: A problem for the perceptual view

Paradis, Carole

doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2005.06.005

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“…The third type of account recognizes the fact that loanwords are created by bilinguals, and the input of the adaptation process requires access to the source language's phonology rather than being derived from phonetic perception (e.g. Paradis and LaCharité 1997;LaCharité and Paradis 2005;Paradis 2006;Rose and Demuth 2006;Uffmann 2006). Some studies (e.g., Adler 2006;David and Cho 2006;Smith 2006a, b;Vendelin and Peperkamp 2006) demonstrate that a variety of factors, including phonetics, phonology and orthography, are involved in loanword adaptation.…”

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“…If the features present in the input represent the ''non-native percept'' or perceptual saliency, then the missing features could indicate non-perception or non-saliency. If loanword adaptation is primarily based on the source language's phonology instead of the borrower's auditory perception (Paradis and LaCharité 1997;LaCharité and Paradis 2005;Paradis 2006), the features present in the input represent the phonological structure of the source language. The fact that some vowels, such as mid and central vowels, exhibit much variation and/or ambiguity for categorization indicates that the ''perceived'' input is more likely to be based on auditory perception; 6 however, the stronger categorical divides such as high versus low and front versus back may involve discrete phonological categorization.…”

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Variable vowel adaptation in Standard Mandarin loanwords

Lin

2008

J East Asian Linguist

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This study examines which English vowel is matched with which vowel in Standard Mandarin in loanword adaptation, investigates the general patterns for and restrictions on vowel adaptation in Standard Mandarin loanwords, and determines which aspects of vowel quality is more carefully replicated than others. The results show that despite the seemingly high degree of variation, there are systematic patterns: (i) the front-back dimension is more faithfully replicated than height and rounding, (ii) deviation along the height dimension is tolerated but minimal, (iii) a rounding mismatch occurs mostly in adapting mid central/back vowels, and (iv) central vowels behave as if they are unspecified for or ambiguous between front and back. This study demonstrates how the grammar prioritizes which aspects to replicate in the loanword adaptation process and has implications for theories of loanword phonology in particular and feature theory in general.

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Variable vowel adaptation in Standard Mandarin loanwords

Lin

2008

J East Asian Linguist

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“…Their argument goes like this: (a) the sequence [C j u] is both phonetically unnatural and rare in Russian; (b) it is impossible to misperceive a sound (sequence) as something that is unnatural and/or rare in your own language; (c) therefore the rendering of [Cy] as [C j u] must be production-based. 2 This article is a brief reply to Paradis (2006) and Paradis and Thibeault (2004). Its main goal is to show that, contrary to (a), the sequence [C j u] is both commonplace in Russian and natural.…”

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“…Paradis and Thibeault (2004) and Paradis (2006) argue for the ''phonological'' approach based on a pattern of phonological adaptation employed by Russian in which non-native [y] is rendered as [u] with palatalization of the preceding consonant. The argument depends on the assumptions that /C j u/ is rare in Russian and unnatural.…”

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“…I return to this point in the conclusion. Paradis and Thibeault (2004) and Paradis (2006) argue that adaptation of [y] as [ j u] by Russian speakers must be specifically production-based. Their argument goes like this: (a) the sequence [C j u] is both phonetically unnatural and rare in Russian; (b) it is impossible to misperceive a sound (sequence) as something that is unnatural and/or rare in your own language; (c) therefore the rendering of [Cy] as [C j u] must be production-based.…”

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Russian /Cju/ and “perceptual” vs. “phonological” theories of borrowing: A reply to Paradis (and Thibeault)

Padgett¹

2010

Lingua

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Loanword Phonology

Kang¹

2011

The Blackwell Companion to Phonology

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“Loanwords” are words borrowed from one language to another. These borrowed words usually undergo “adaptation” processes to conform to the structural constraints of the borrowing language phonology. Such adaptation affects all facets of phonological structure, reflecting the segmental, phonotactic, suprasegmental, and morphophonological restrictions of the borrowing language. The patterns that emerge in loanword adaptation often reveal aspects of native speakers' knowledge that are not necessarily obvious in data of the native language and, as a result, loanword data can inform our analysis of the native phonology (Hyman 1970; Holden 1976; Ahn and Iverson 2004; Kawahara 2008; Wetzels 2009; Chang, forthcoming, among others). In this respect, loanword adaptation can be considered a real‐life Wug test (Berko 1958) which can enable us to probe into the grammatical knowledge of speakers in ways that native data alone cannot. Conversely, however, such emergent patterns in loanword adaptation present a learnability puzzle (cf. Broselow 2009): if a loanword pattern is underdetermined by the native phonology, where does the pattern come from? Also, what type of representation does the adaptation process refer to as it searches for licit forms in the borrowing language that most closely match the foreign language input? Is it an abstract phonological representation, a detailed phonetic representation, or a combination of the two? Are there any universal preferences for certain types of repair over others (e.g. epenthesis over deletion, or retention of a vocalic feature over a consonantal feature)? These are some of the major recurring questions in recent studies in loanword phonology and we will address them in this chapter.

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The unnatural /Cju/ (< foreign /Cy/) sequence in Russian loanwords: A problem for the perceptual view

Cited by 12 publications

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Variable vowel adaptation in Standard Mandarin loanwords

Variable vowel adaptation in Standard Mandarin loanwords

Russian /Cju/ and “perceptual” vs. “phonological” theories of borrowing: A reply to Paradis (and Thibeault)

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