Global Journal of Human Social Science, G: Linguistics and Education, Volume 21 Issue 4

© 2021. Moffat Sebola & Sekgaila Chokoe. This is a research/review paper, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) , permitting all non- commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Loanword Nativisation in Tshiven ḓ a: A Descriptive Analysis By Moffat Sebola & Sekgaila Chokoe University of Limpopo Abstract- This paper describes the process of loanword adaptation in Tshiven ḓ a. The description also foregrounds the factors that are often assumed to play a role in the alterations that adopted and adapted words in Tshiven ḓ a undergo. Aided by the intuitive method, the study adopted the qualitative approach and descriptive design to analyse its data which was a predetermined set of loanwords gathered from previous loanword research. The analysis was also developed by means of a Canonical Approach where loanwords in Tshiven ḓ a were classified according to whether they conform to various canonical patterns, and if not, according to the direction and extent of their derivation from these patterns. Clements and Keyser’s (1983) CV-Phonology and Chomsky and Halle’s (1968) Generative Phonology Model also fortified the description of loanword adaptation in Tshiven ḓ a. Affixation and other morpho-phonological changes were found to be significant processes operating in loanword adaptation in Tshiven ḓ a, which starts out with phonetic adaptation and ends with semantic adaptation. The paper concludes by endorsing loanword adaptation as a significant phenomenon that combats language death. GJHSS-G Classification: FOR Code: 200399 LoanwordNativisationinTshivenaADescriptiveAnalysis Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: G Linguistics & Education Volume 21 Issue 4 Version 1.0 Year 2021 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-460x & Print ISSN: 0975-587X Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: