Loanwords in Japanese Language: A Linguistic Perspective

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10.2991/icassr-15.2016.244How to use a DOI?

Keywords

loanwords, Japanese language, a linguistic perspective.

Abstract

From a linguistic perspective, the present paper discusses effects of loanwords in Japanese to its language development. It first introduces definition of loanwords and researchers’ debate on Chinese as loanwords in Japanese. Then, it briefly discusses sources and origins of loanwords in Japanese. The major part of the present paper focuses on how loanwords in Japanese influence its language development through a linguistic perspective, which is further developed from linguistic branches in phonetics, phonology, lexicology, morphology and semantics. The paper ends up with authors’ suggestions on future studies related to the topic.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yi-nan Li
AU  - Yang Gao
PY  - 2016/08
DA  - 2016/08
TI  - Loanwords in Japanese Language: A Linguistic Perspective
BT  - Proceedings of the 3d International Conference on Applied Social Science Research
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 891
EP  - 893
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icassr-15.2016.244
DO  - 10.2991/icassr-15.2016.244
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