dc.description.abstract | This is a study on phonological and morphological adaptation of English loan words into the
Kikabete dialect of the Gikuyu language. The research study is divided into five chapters.
Chapter one will look. at the background of the study, statement of the problem, research
objectives, hypotheses, rationale and significance of the study, scope and limitation of the
study, theoretical frame work and the research methodology.
Chapter two will outline the Gikuyu phonemic inventory and some of the major phonological
processes involving consonants and vowels in the language. In addition, it will outline the
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dikuyu syllable structure within the Natural Generative Phonology (N.G.P) framework.
Emphasis will be laid on the phoneme and the syllable, because the two phenomena are
important in the study of loan word adaptation processes.
chapter three, will analyze the phonological adaptation processes of English loan words into
the Gikuyu language. This analysis will mainly concentrate on the phonemic and syllable
structure processes involved in loan words adaptation.
Chapter four will describe how English loan words are adapted morphologically into the
Gikuyu language. Of particular interest in this chapter will be the process of affixation, which
will assign English loan words into the various Gikuyu noun classes.
At the close of this research study is chapter five which will offer a summary, conclusion and
recommendations for further research in this area of study. | en_US |