PECULIARITIES OF PHONETIC STRUCTURES OF PARTIALLY ASSIMILATED LEXICAL BORROWINGS IN THE ASPECT OF BRITISH PRONUNCIATION NORM

Abstract

This paper presents a set of phonetic features of partially assimilated lexical borrowings in the British codified pronunciation norm. They are primarily defined by the availability of loan phonemes in the phonemic structure of borrowed words, the existence of free phonemic and accentual variants in the phonetic structure of borrowings. It is proved that the lexical units of the most common languages or well-known for native speakers are characterized by slowing down the process of phonological assimilation.