Open AccessPhonological Adaptation of Borrowed Terms in Duramazwi reMimhanzi
Author(s) -
Gift Mheta,
William Zivenge
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
lexikos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.28
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2224-0039
pISSN - 1684-4904
DOI - 10.5788/19-0-188
Subject(s) - shona , linguistics , musical , adaptation (eye) , phonological rule , loan , phonology , psychology , philosophy , art , literature , economics , finance , neuroscience
This article analyses the phonological characteristics of Shona musical terms borrowed from English. It discusses the phonological processes that take place when words are borrowed directly or indi-rectly from English. Essentially, the article analyses the adoption and adaptation of Shona loan-words at phonological level. It draws examples from the dictionary of Shona musical terms Duramazwi reMimhanzi (2005). This exploration of loan-word adaptation enhances the understanding of the phonological changes that the musical terms undergo during the borrowing process