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This paper examines the phonological adaptation of loanwords in Tlingit, a Na-Dene language spoken in Alaska, BC and the Yukon. Coastal Tlingit, especially, presents an interesting case study in loanword adaptation because it completely lacks plain labials, having only /w / and labialized velar and...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.296.1496 http://www.cunyphonologyforum.net/ENDANABSTRACTS/Crippen%26Denzer-King.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper examines the phonological adaptation of loanwords in Tlingit, a Na-Dene language spoken in Alaska, BC and the Yukon. Coastal Tlingit, especially, presents an interesting case study in loanword adaptation because it completely lacks plain labials, having only /w / and labialized velar and uvular stops and fricatives. As a result, loans from other languages, such as Chinook Jargon (henceforth CJ) sometimes undergo drastic changes in consonantal phonology. (1) Loanwords in Tlingit (from Crippen forthcoming). Form 1 |
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