LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 13:6 June 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

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Simplification of CC Sequence of Loan Words in Sylheti Bangla

Arpita Goswami, Ph.D. Research Scholar

Abstract

This paper aims to give an Optimality Theoretic account of the consonant cluster simplification process which occurs in Sylheti Bangla (henceforth SHB), a dialectal variety of Bengali Language, by the emergence of epenthetic vowel before and between the initial consonant clusters in the adaptation of loan words. The study of the Syllable structure of this dialect makes it clear that native Sylheti words are free from initial consonant clusters which compel Sylheti speakers to simplify word initial consonant clusters in loan words through two processes—to insert a vowel medially when clusters consist of obstruent+sonorant sounds, called anaptyxis.

The Optimality account of these two processes gives us a clear picture that in Sylheti dialect markedness constraint *COMPLEXONS is undominated which dominates faithfulness constraint DEP-IO. However, a detailed picture of the Optimality Theoretic account of these two processes is given in the main paper.

1. Introduction

Throughout history many languages have borrowed words directly or indirectly from other languages which are modified phonologically during the process of borrowing. It is noticed that when a language encounters a different phonological structure of lexical borrowings that is not part of its phonology, speakers of language find ways to replace or fix the structure so it can be pronounceable. In other words, speakers use different types of phonotactics in adapting loan words because of the different phoneme inventories, syllable structures and phonotactic constraints existing between the loan words and recipient language. Generally in a language loan words undergo adaptations to cause the lexical items to sound more native and less foreign.

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Arpita Goswami, Ph.D. Research Scholar
Department of English
Tripura University
Suryamaninagar
Agartala 799022
Tripura
India
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