A Constraint-Based Analysis of Kikamba Nativized Loanwords
Bernard Ndambuki
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A Constraint-Based Analysis of Kikamba Nativized Loanwords

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This book presents an analysis of Kikamba loanwords using one of recent theories of Phonology: Optimality Theory. As a result of contact with English, Kikamba speakers modify the loanwords from the donor language. It is through the interaction of markedness and faithfulness constraints that the outputs forms - the nativized words - are realized.The book explains the strategies used by the recipient system to handle phonologically different words from English. Notably, the recipient language has open syllables and does not allow consonant clusters in the onset. In sharp contrast, English has cl...