From Jazz" and Rap" to Dzhaz" and Rep": Phonological Adaptation of English Loanwords in Russian

ISBN-13: 9783631883242 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 286 str.

Jolanta Szpyra-Kozlowska; Kateryna Laidler

Opis

The book offers an in-depth analysis of English loanword adaptation process in Russian. It is based on a rich body of data presenting the major nativisation patterns of those English sounds absent from Russian in both established and online loans. The formal analysis of the uncovered patterns is couched within the framework of Optimality Theory.

Spis treści

English loanwords in Russian - Russian sound system and selected issues of Russian phonology - Basic tenets and mechanisms of Optimality theory - Theories of loanword adaptation - Adaptation of selected English consonants and vowels

O autorze

Kateryna Laidler is an Assistant Professor at the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland, where she teaches courses in phonetics and phonology. The topics she has published on include loanword phonology, English and Slavic phonology and Optimality Theory.