Adaptation strategies of Russian phonetic loanwords in Chinese. Phonetic and graphic aspects

К. I. Semenov

doi:10.28995/2686-7249-2020-7-30-63

Adaptation strategies of Russian phonetic loanwords in Chinese. Phonetic and graphic aspects

К. I. Semenov

https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2020-7-30-63

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Abstract

This article considers phonetic and graphic transformations of Russian loanwords in Chinese. The study comprises an analysis of both proper and common nouns, as well as both loanwords included in dictionaries and those used in the Internet. The data considered make it possible to detect the main trends in the adaptation of Russian consonants in Chinese, as well as to localize the hypothetical influence of the Russian-Chinese pidgin on current loanword adaptation in Mandarin Chinese. It is noted that there is a dramatic discrepancy between the norms of transliteration prescribed by the PRC media and the usage in the Internet. Furthermore, a significant level of specificity of the hieroglyphic N-grams in the loanwords is revealed, compared to the reference corpus of the Chinese texts. The author expects that the results of the work will be useful for specialists both in phonetic typology and in NLP.

Keywords

Chinese, Russian, language contacts, phonetic loanwords, NLP, N-grams,

About the Author

К. I. Semenov

HSE University
Russian Federation

Kirill I. Semenov

bld. 20, Myasnitskaya Str., Moscow, Russia, 101000

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For citation: Semenov К.I. Adaptation strategies of Russian phonetic loanwords in Chinese. Phonetic and graphic aspects. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2020;(7):30-63. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2020-7-30-63

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