LOANWORD ADAPTATION IN BANGLA: AN OPTIMALITY – THEORETIC ACCOUNT (original) (raw)

Abstract

This dissertation is a study of Bangla loanword phonology. Bangla is filled with loanwords from varied languages. Therefore, study of loanwords in Bangla is very interesting. This study is structured in four chapters. Chapter one states the research problem that we are going to deal with. It gives an introductory account of the loanwords and adoption of loanwords. It gives a sketch of the studies that have been carried out in loanword phonology and the problems that arises during loanword adaptation. In this chapter the patterns that emerge during adaptation processes have been discussed, followed by explanation for the emergence of such patterns.The second chapter illustrates the Bangla language; its origin and development, its vocabulary, sound and syllable structure. A brief history of Bangla loanwords have also been presented. The third chapter deals with the phonological changes that take place during Bangla loanword adaptation at the segmental and syllable level. In the fourth chapter an Optimality-Theoretic account has been given for the phonological changes that we find in the third chapter. A detailed OT account has been given for the syllable level changes, and segmental level changes is accounted briefly by the Optimalty Theory. At the end of this chapter we have summarized our.findings.

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