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Publication details [#56873]

Mathieu, Lionel. 2012. Orthographic Traces in Romanian and Japanese Loanwords: Enriching Phonological Representations. Journal of language contact 5 (1) : 144–181.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

adaptation | borrowing | loanword | orthography | phonological change

Language as a subject

English | French | Japanese | Romanian

Place, Publisher

Brill

Annotation

Using Optimality Theory, this article discusses how, in the course of adaptations of Romanian loanwords from French and Japanese loanwords from English, orthographic manifestations play a role in forming borrowed words' phonological content.