From «Jazz» and «Rap» to «Dzhaz» and «Rep»

The book offers an in-depth analysis of English loanword adaptation process in Russian. It is based on a rich body of data presenting the major nativisation patterns of those English sounds absent from Russian in both established and online loans. The formal analysis of the uncovered patterns is couched within the framework of Optimality Theory.

The book provides a significant insight into the complex process of English loanword adaptation in Russian. It is based on an in-depth analysis and comparison of a rich body of experimental data on the adaptation of both established and online loans of those English sounds absent from Russian phonemic inventory. The analysis is couched within the Optimality-Theoretic framework. The uncovered patterns offer valuable contribution to the ongoing debate on loanword phonology.

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