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A socio-pragmatic analysis of lexical borrowing in a multilingual setting Sasala, James Matseshe
Journal of Applied Studies in Language Vol. 8 No. 2 (2024): December 2024
Publisher : Politeknik Negeri Bali

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31940/jasl.v8i2.105-112

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The study investigated the influence of a speaker’s linguistic environment on lexical borrowing in Lukabaras. The main objective was to determine the socio-pragmatic function of the home and business domains on the borrowing of lexical items in Lukabaras from the Nandi language in Chepsaita Scheme. The research adopted the descriptive design. Data was collected from a sample of 36 respondents picked through purposive sampling technique. The analysis focused on borrowed forms of nouns and verbs. The findings showed that whereas the speaker’s linguistic environment pragmatically contributed to lexical borrowing, there was more borrowing in the home domain than the business domain. The study concluded that the socio-pragmatic function of the lexical borrowing was a communicative strategy to foster cross-cultural interactions in the multilingual setting.
MORPHO-PHONEMIC ADAPTATION OF ENGLISH LOAN VERBS IN LUKABARAS Sasala, James Matseshe
LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching Vol 25, No 1 (2022): April 2022
Publisher : English Education Study Programme of Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/llt.v25i1.3523

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English as an official language in Kenya has apparently influenced the Kenyan indigenous languages. Since it is the language of formal instruction in schools and other institutions, a large number of loan words have been integrated in the local languages. This paper thus investigated the adaptation of English loan verbs in Lukabaras which is one of the ethnic languages spoken in the Western region of Kenya. The study endeavoured to describe the morphological and phonological constraints evident in the integration of these items in Lukabaras. A sample of 20 lexical items was picked through purposive sampling technique and analysed descriptively. The study established that English verbs are incorporated in Lukabaras through the prefix {okhu-} and the verbal radical suffix {a}. It was further observed that in the process of integration the verbs are subject to phonological conditions such as consonant devoicing, vowel insertion, gliding and vowel reduction.
A socio-pragmatic analysis of lexical borrowing in a multilingual setting Sasala, James Matseshe
Journal of Applied Studies in Language Vol. 8 No. 2 (2024): December 2024
Publisher : Politeknik Negeri Bali

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31940/jasl.v8i2.105-112

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The study investigated the influence of a speaker’s linguistic environment on lexical borrowing in Lukabaras. The main objective was to determine the socio-pragmatic function of the home and business domains on the borrowing of lexical items in Lukabaras from the Nandi language in Chepsaita Scheme. The research adopted the descriptive design. Data was collected from a sample of 36 respondents picked through purposive sampling technique. The analysis focused on borrowed forms of nouns and verbs. The findings showed that whereas the speaker’s linguistic environment pragmatically contributed to lexical borrowing, there was more borrowing in the home domain than the business domain. The study concluded that the socio-pragmatic function of the lexical borrowing was a communicative strategy to foster cross-cultural interactions in the multilingual setting.
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