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The English Influence on Cantonese Vocabulary

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Youbin Zhao
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Youbin Zhao
Available Online May 2014.
DOI
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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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Intercultural Communication
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
May 2014
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10.2991/icelaic-14.2014.92
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2352-5398
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10.2991/icelaic-14.2014.92How to use a DOI?
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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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