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"High-interest loans": The phonology of English loanword adaptation in Burmese (2003)
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Chang, C. B. "High-interest loans": The phonology of English loanword adaptation in Burmese. (Dissertation). Harvard University

Lexical borrowing is a common process across languages. Even so, words borrowed into a language are rarely borrowed perfectly, but instead undergo modification vis-à-vis their realization in the source language from which they were borrowed. This pro... Read More about "High-interest loans": The phonology of English loanword adaptation in Burmese.