Mandarin adaptations of coda nasals in English loanwords
Mandarin adaptations of coda nasals in English loanwords
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英语借词中鼻尾音的普通话改编
DOI：
10.1075/cilt.307.05hsi
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发表时间：
2009
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通讯作者：
Xiaomin Mou
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作者：
Feng;M. Kenstowicz;Xiaomin Mou
本文记录并分析了英语外来词在普通话中的适应方式，以符合韵母和谐约束，即要求非高元音的前后音质与鼻尾的冠状音质一致。研究的主要发现是，英语元音的后置决定了发音的结果，并能迫使鼻尾的发音位置发生变化。这是由于元音特征在语音上的突出，而鼻位特征相对较弱。结论是语音显著性是外来词适应的一个关键因素，它可以超越语音对比特征。
The paper documents and analyzes the ways in which English loanwords into Mandarin are adapted to conform to the Rhyme Harmony constraint that requires the front vs. back quality of a nonhigh vowel to agree with the coronal vs. dorsal character of a nasal coda. The principal finding is that the backness of the English vowel determines the outcome and can force a change in the place of articulation of the nasal coda. This is attributed to the phonetic salience of the vowel feature in comparison to the relative weakness of the nasal place feature. It is concluded that phonetic salience is a critical factor in loanword adaptation that can override a phonologically contrastive feature.