The Role of Phonology and Phonetics in Loanword Adaptation: German and French Front Rounded Vowels in Japanese

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Contents: Role of phonology and phonetics in loanword adaptation - Adaptation of foreign sounds - German and French front rounded vowels in Japanese - Mismatches in the vowel Systems of German/French and Japanese - Phonological analysis in Optimality Theory - Perception of front rounded vowels by Japanese listeners - Influence of perception, knowledge of the source language, and written forms on adaptations.

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