(International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, 2021-10) Mose, Gesare Edinah; Nandelenga, Henry Simiyu; Ayieko, Gerry
Language morphotactics which encompass morphological constraints that determine what is permissible and impermissible in
given language are very crucial in determining linguistic borrowing. This paper explores morphological adaptations, based on
McCarthy and Prince’s Generalized Alignment (GA), that is embedded in OT’s constraints. It is demonstrated that to a large
extent, loanwords undergo inflectional integration as opposed to derivational, both of which are highly constrained by
Ekegusii’s morphotactics.