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An optimality analysis of Malay loanwords in Japanese

This study aimed to examine and explain the phonology of Malay loanwords in Japanese using Optimality Theory. The analysis was based on secondary data extracted from the Senyum magazine published in Malaysia that utilises Japanese language in its writing. The relevant data which was selected manuall...

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Main Authors: Aznur Aisyah,, Zaharani Ahmad,
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11234/1/13946-51473-1-PB.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11234/
http://ejournal.ukm.my/akademika/issue/view/860
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spelling my-ukm.journal.112342018-01-13T10:41:59Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11234/ An optimality analysis of Malay loanwords in Japanese Aznur Aisyah, Zaharani Ahmad, This study aimed to examine and explain the phonology of Malay loanwords in Japanese using Optimality Theory. The analysis was based on secondary data extracted from the Senyum magazine published in Malaysia that utilises Japanese language in its writing. The relevant data which was selected manually, was then analysed and explained using a constraints-based approach of Optimality Theory. This article focuses on vowel lengthening and epenthesis repair strategies that occur during the borrowing process from Malay to Japanese. The vowel lengthening repair strategy followed by vowel epenthesis are evoked from the syllable structure of Japanese, particularly the coda condition. The word that ends with /CVC/ (Consonant+ar/or/ur) will be changed to /CV:CV/ (Consonant+ a:ɾɯ/ o:ɾɯ/ ɯ:ɾɯ). This kind of loanword adaptation process will undergo vowel lengthening and the coda consonant will resyllabified as an onset of the following syllable. This study has suggested a set of markedness and faithfulness constraints that are hierarchically ranked in the grammar. The interaction between the constraints has successfully been accounted for the phonology of loanword adaptation in Japanese. The increase in the number of Japanese in Malaysia since the implementation of Malaysia My Second Home programme has led to a wider exposure of Malay words to the Japanese. Therefore, this research will not only benefit linguists, it will also enhance the Malaysian society’s understanding of Japanese pronunciation as it differs from the Malay phonology. It will help to eliminate the confusion that may occur during conversation between Japanese and Malays and vice versa. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11234/1/13946-51473-1-PB.pdf Aznur Aisyah, and Zaharani Ahmad, (2017) An optimality analysis of Malay loanwords in Japanese. AKADEMIKA, 87 (1). pp. 303-314. ISSN 0126-5008 http://ejournal.ukm.my/akademika/issue/view/860
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description This study aimed to examine and explain the phonology of Malay loanwords in Japanese using Optimality Theory. The analysis was based on secondary data extracted from the Senyum magazine published in Malaysia that utilises Japanese language in its writing. The relevant data which was selected manually, was then analysed and explained using a constraints-based approach of Optimality Theory. This article focuses on vowel lengthening and epenthesis repair strategies that occur during the borrowing process from Malay to Japanese. The vowel lengthening repair strategy followed by vowel epenthesis are evoked from the syllable structure of Japanese, particularly the coda condition. The word that ends with /CVC/ (Consonant+ar/or/ur) will be changed to /CV:CV/ (Consonant+ a:ɾɯ/ o:ɾɯ/ ɯ:ɾɯ). This kind of loanword adaptation process will undergo vowel lengthening and the coda consonant will resyllabified as an onset of the following syllable. This study has suggested a set of markedness and faithfulness constraints that are hierarchically ranked in the grammar. The interaction between the constraints has successfully been accounted for the phonology of loanword adaptation in Japanese. The increase in the number of Japanese in Malaysia since the implementation of Malaysia My Second Home programme has led to a wider exposure of Malay words to the Japanese. Therefore, this research will not only benefit linguists, it will also enhance the Malaysian society’s understanding of Japanese pronunciation as it differs from the Malay phonology. It will help to eliminate the confusion that may occur during conversation between Japanese and Malays and vice versa.
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author Aznur Aisyah,
Zaharani Ahmad,
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Zaharani Ahmad,
An optimality analysis of Malay loanwords in Japanese
author_facet Aznur Aisyah,
Zaharani Ahmad,
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title An optimality analysis of Malay loanwords in Japanese
title_short An optimality analysis of Malay loanwords in Japanese
title_full An optimality analysis of Malay loanwords in Japanese
title_fullStr An optimality analysis of Malay loanwords in Japanese
title_full_unstemmed An optimality analysis of Malay loanwords in Japanese
title_sort optimality analysis of malay loanwords in japanese
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2017
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11234/1/13946-51473-1-PB.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11234/
http://ejournal.ukm.my/akademika/issue/view/860
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