This article examines the phonological processes and phonological structures that characterise words that are borrowed from English into Dagbani, a Gur language with a dominant CV syllable structure. The syllable is used as a descriptive tool in the accounts of the phonological difference of the borrowed words between English as the source language and Dagbani as the receiving language. The data used in this article shows that there is a strong influence of Dagbani on the pronunciation of English borrowed words as seen in examples like pᴐŋlɨ ‘pound’, masa ‘master’, fa:ɾa ‘father’, lo:ɾi ‘lorry’, pi:sɨlɨ ‘pistol’ and po:sɨ ‘post’. The results indicate that vowels are inserted between consonant clusters in English borrowed words at the onset of a syllable. The article suggests that the phonological differences that characterise the borrowed words when subjected to the phonotactics of Dagbani is the insertion of /ɨ/ and /ʊ/ to reshape the borrowed words. This is fundamental to the process of borrowing words into Dagbani. Evidence of phonological structures of loanwords existence in Dagbani confirms the explanation of the theory of loanword phonology in Gur languages, giving the basis for theoretical explanations in borrowing or loaning words from one language to the other.

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达格巴尼语中英语借用词的语音结构

本文研究了语音过程和语音结构，这些语音过程和语音结构表征了从英语借用到达格巴尼语（达格巴尼语，一种具有主要的CV音节结构的古尔语）中的单词。该音节用作描述工具，用于解释英语作为源语言和达格巴尼语作为接收语言之间的借入单词在语音上的差异。本文使用的数据表明，达格巴尼语对英语借来单词的发音有很大影响，例如pᴐŋlɨ'pound'，masa'master'，fa：ɾa'father'，lo：ɾi'lorry' ，pi：sɨlɨ'pistol'和po：sɨ'post'。结果表明，在一个音节开始时，元音被插入英语借位词的辅音簇之间。该文章建议，在经受达格巴尼语的音韵变化时，表征借用单词的语音差异是插入/ɨ/和/ʊ/来重塑借用单词。这是向Dagbani借用单词的过程的基础。达格巴尼语中外来词音系结构的证据证实了古尔语中外来词音系学理论的解释，为从一种语言向另一种语言借用或借出单词的理论解释奠定了基础。