Adaptation of the English ER [schwa] to Czech

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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Adaptation of the English ER [schwa] to Czech
Original language description
The paper discusses whether the way the English sequence er realized as a schwa is phonologically adapted to Czech is a matter of chance, as it appears to be at first sight, or whether there is some regularity behind it. A database of 310 English loanwords evidences that the adaptation may result in a syllabic trill as well as a sequence of the vowel [e] plus a non-syllabic trill (a vocalized trill). A statistical analysis of the distribution of the two options shows several significant correlations with phonological and extra-phonological factors. First of all, the sequence is virtually always adapted as a vocalized trill after vowels, [j] or [l], which is in fact expected phonotactically. It is also nearly always adapted as a syllabic trill after syllables containing a non-short vowel. This result seems to be motivated by the preference for certain types of patterning of syllables within Czech words. The most salient extra-phonological factors influencing the adaption of the sequence are the word frequency and the morphological status of the sequence er in English. The adaptation is thus at least partly a non-random phenomenon, although its results cannot be predicted in a quite large body of words.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Project
<a href="/en/project/GA16-06012S" target="_blank" >GA16-06012S: Phonology of Czech Anglicisms</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
Contributions to the 22nd annual scientific conference of the Association of Slavists (Polyslav)
ISBN
978-3-447-11405-9
ISSN
2363-8605
e-ISSN
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Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
18-27
Publisher name
Harrassowitz Verlag
Place of publication
Wiesbaden
Event location
Łódź
Event date
Sep 10, 2018
Type of event by nationality
EUR - Evropská akce
UT code for WoS article
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