Phonological Adaptation of Arabic Loanwords in Maguindanaon

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211227.010How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Arabic; Maguindanaon; phonology; adaptation

Abstract

This study delves with the phonological adaptation of Arabic loanwords in Maguindanaon to enhance our understanding of Maguindanaon phonology. The phonological adaptation is examined using the Optimality Theoretical framework. Twelve Maguindanaon native speakers were asked to enunciate a corpus of 250 Maguindanaon loanwords from Arabic for analysis. The phonological nature of the adaptation process has been disclosed despite phonetics and other linguistic factors. Numerous modifications these loanwords undergo are attributed to Maguindanaon native phonology. Unmarkedness is highlighted in the adaptation process where closeness to the Arabic input is disregarded to brand the Maguindanaon adaptation unmarked. However, some Arabic phonemes which marked counterparts are equally attested in Maguindanaon still arose making way to the Emergence of the Unmarked. Maguindanaon maps Arabic segments onto their phonologically closest Maguindanaon phonemes. Phonological, morphological, and semantic changes are all observed in the adaptation. The phonological adaptation seeks to preserve the sound system of Maguindanaon. Morphologically, inflectional word-formation and derivational integration were mapped. Affixation and clipping are also attested within word-formation processes. Inflection for gender, number and possessive assignments are also demonstrated. Loanwords have undergone major changes such as semantic broadening, extension, and shift.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Almira B. Menson-Makalingkang
AU  - Nancy Q. Echavez
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/29
TI  - Phonological Adaptation of Arabic Loanwords in Maguindanaon
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Innovation Track Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICSIHESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 55
EP  - 60
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211227.010
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211227.010
ID  - Menson-Makalingkang2021
ER  -