Segmental Adaptation of French Loans in the Vietnamese Language: The Use of Optimality-Theory

Nguyen Huynh Trang
2021 Journal of Universal Language  
The area of Vietnamese French loanword phonology has received little attention in the field of research. Therefore, this paper aimed at examining the Vietnamese loanword phonology with a special emphasis on the segmental adaptation of French loans into the Vietnamese language. Specifically, using the Optimality-Theoretic framework, the study showed a comprehensive account of consonant and vowel changes when the Vietnamese consonants and vowels
doi:10.22425/jul.2021.22.2.105 fatcat:r5ldg3devvfh3m6aorh4x27cf4