Tonal assignment of Malay loanwords in Penang Hokkien

• Main Author: Soon, Samantha Sze Min
• Other Authors: Tan Ying Ying
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Phonology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62565
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This dissertation will investigate the tonal assignment of Malay loanwords in Penang Hokkien. To address this aim, the tonal system of Penang Hokkien and the possibilities of lexical stress in Penang Malay are first examined. It is found that Penang Hokkien’s tonal system has a four-tone system that...