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SUMMARY
The main concern of this study is to delineate and analyse the phonological processes that take place due to the contact of the English and the Hausa language. The frame of contact chosen for this study is in the adaptation of English loanwords into becoming a naturally occurring part of Hausa phonological and morphological systems. For this to be achieved, various literatures were scrutinised in order to ascertain the amount of research that has been carried out on the adaptation of English loanwords and the phonological processes underlying them. Also, research data was obtained from the audio archives of three radio stations in Minna, Niger state: Crystal FM 91.3, Search FM 92.3 and Ultimate FM 103.9, as well as texts written in Hausa language. One hundred and twenty-seven (127) English loanwords in Hausa were employed in analysing the phonological processes accompanying their adaptations. An examination of the English and Hausa segmental inventories is made in the second chapter of the study, while also discussing the phonological process of substitution of segments in English loanwords in Hausa. More also, a presentation and an analysis of data collected is made with regards to the phonological processes of trilling, occlusion/stopping, and frication, all of which are offshoots of the systemic phonological process of substitution occurring in the adaptation of English loanwords into Hausa.
