خلاصة:
This paper aims at describing the mechanism of German loanwords
adaptation with respect to constraints of Persian language and within OT
framework. Consequently the adaptation of consonant clusters and
diphthongs as well as the phonemes substituted in loanwords will be
examined. Prince and Smolensky’s (1993) Optimality Theory with its key
notions of faithfulness and markedness constraints is suited to model this
aspect of linguistic competence. So in this research a number of 30 German
loanwords were selected as research data of which some were collected
through the library method from written resources and the rest are the trade
names of German Products that are collected through a field work.
Descriptive analysis of the mentioned data within Optimality Theory comes
into valuable linguistic conclusions such as: “In Persian, initial consonant
clusters of German loanwords are broken up through vowel epenthesis which
is mostly identical to the vowel of the second syllable.”
ملخص الجهاز:
Descriptive analysis of the mentioned data within Optimality Theory comes into valuable linguistic conclusions such as: “In Persian, initial consonant clusters of German loanwords are broken up through vowel epenthesis whichis mostly identical to the vowel of the second syllable .
After a brief introduction and comparison between German and Persian phonetic systems, we will analyze the changes made to the adapted loanwords in the face of the phonological constraints of the recipient language within optimality theory.
Persian Consonants (Kord Zafaranlu Kambuziya; 2006) {مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} 29 German Loanwords Adaptation in … Intl.
Data Analysis In this research, after collecting the German loanwords (some of which are given hereunder), they have been categorized based on the phonological changes in Persian language and from each group one word has been chosen as the input of the relevant tableau.
J. Humanities (2013) Vol. 20(4) We assume that the constraints hierarchy is : ONSET >> *FRONT ROUND >> *DIPHTHONG VOWEL >> {مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} Tableau 4 shows that the first and second candidates are rejected because of the fatal violation in round front constraint.
e. / /) The assumed ranking of constraints is as follows: * VELAR-NASAL >> * VELAR STOP >> DEP-IO (V) {مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} Tableau 5 indicates that the first candidate will be rejected because of fatal violation of bearing high lax vowel [] and velar nasal [].