English loanwords in Iraqi samawian Arabic: a phonological study

الملخص EN

Globalization and internet made the world as a small village in which people can share several things easily.

being an international language, English has highly effected the Iraqi Samawian Arabic vernacular through adding several words to it.

the present study tries to investigate the phonological aspects of the English loaned words in the Iraqi Samawian Arabic vernacular form the point of view of the students of the department of English since they are introduced with these words in both languages.

it has been observed that a variety of English words related to many fields have been borrowed from English and become part of the language used by Iraqi Samawian Arabic vernacular speakers.

these loaned words have been subject to modification or adaptation to match the morphological- phonological system of Iraqi Samawian Arabic vernacular.

consequently, such loaned words are used as if they were Arabic ones.