Loanword adaptation in the French of Spanish-speaking immigrants in Montréal

Friesner, Michael

doi:10.1075/cilt.313.06fri

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“…In addition to the variables of interest, some control variables are also explored. First, word frequency is examined, because it has been pointed out by previous literature that loanwords are more likely to be adapted as they are used more frequently (Poplack & Sankoff, 1984;Friesner, 2009Friesner, , 2010. As noted in 3.4, word frequency was measured in the same way as wordMaoriness, that is, it was subjectively rated by a participant and z-scored within the participant (mean: 0.16; SD: 0.88).…”

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“…That is, this variation is used to style speech in accordance with speech situations. Previous literature also demonstrates that the variation in loanword phonology can be an interspeaker variation (see Poplack et al, 1988;Friesner, 2009) and an intra-speaker variation (see .…”

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“…Why are loanwords sometimes pronounced with adapted structure and sometimes with imported structure? Previous literature demonstrates that the selection may be influenced by several factors: level of bilingualism (Haugen, 1950;Friesner, 2009;Lev-Ari, Giacomo, & Peperkamp, 2014;Aktürk-Drake, 2015; degree of linguistic integration (Haugen, 1950;Poplack & Sankoff, 1984;Poplack, Sankoff, & Miller, 1988); age and social class (Friesner, 2009(Friesner, , 2010; prestige in semantic domain ; language dominance (Aktürk-Drake, 2015. Despite these previous studies, it still remains a question what exactly determines the likelihood of adaptation versus importation.…”

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Sociolinguistic effects on loanword phonology: Topic in speech and cultural image

Hashimoto

2019

Laboratory Phonology: Journal of the Association for Laboratory Phonology

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There is variation in the pronunciation of loanwords, because they can be pronounced with native sounds or non-native sounds. For example, loanwords from te reo Māori to New Zealand English (NZE) are sometimes pronounced with native rhotic sounds (e.g., ko[ɹ]u and ma[ɹ]ae) and sometimes with non-native rhotic sounds (e.g., ko[ɾ]u and ma[ɾ]ae). This study aims to explore the relationship between the selection of a variant in loanword phonology and situation-specific sociolinguistic factors such as topic in speech and cultural images. Additionally, we explore the effects of speaker-and word-specific sociolinguistic factors on the likelihood of choosing a variant. In order to explore these effects, a set of two experiments was conducted, and the results demonstrate that the selection of a variant in NZE loanword phonology is influenced by some sociolinguistic factors. It is argued that these findings can be encapsulated by an exemplar-based approach. More specifically, they can be neatly captured by positing that exemplars with native sounds and those with non-native sounds are represented in the cognitive system of a borrower and updated on the basis of linguistic experience, and exemplars with non-native sounds are stored in relation to a social category associated with the source language and its culture.

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Section: Control Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Social Meanings Carried By Adapted Structure and Imported Stmentioning

confidence: 99%