The English Influence on Cantonese Vocabulary

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10.2991/icelaic-14.2014.92How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Cantonese, loan words, English, influence, causes, inspiration

Abstract

Cantonese is one kind of Chinese dialects used by more than 70 million people and it’s the native dialect used by the biggest population in the world. Being one of the most absorbing language, the formation of Cantonese vocabulary is very complex. This paper introduces the representation of English influence on Cantonese vocabulary and the causes and the inspiration which can help people to know Cantonese in a comprehensive way.

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© 2014, 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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AU  - Youbin Zhao
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TI  - The English Influence on Cantonese Vocabulary
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Intercultural Communication
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 366
EP  - 368
SN  - 2352-5398
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