Loanwords in Japanese Language: A Linguistic Perspective
Authors
Yi-nan Li, Yang Gao
Corresponding Author
Yi-nan Li
Available Online August 2016.
- DOI
- 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.
- Copyright
- © 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
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 ID - Li2016/08 ER -