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Japan's built-in lexicon of English-based loanwords / Frank E. Daulton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Daulton, Frank E, 1965-
- Series:
- Second language acquisition (Clevedon, England) ; 26.
- Second language acquisition ; 26
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Japanese language--Foreign words and phrases--English.
- Japanese language.
- English language--Study and teaching--Japan.
- English language.
- English language--Study and teaching.
- Japan.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 185 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Clevedon, England ; Buffalo, NY : Multilingual Matters, [2008]
- Contents:
- Japan's importation of English
- The assimilation of English into Japanese
- A historical and linguistic overview
- Today's generation of gairaigo
- Gairaigo and language acquisition
- Resolving the paradox of cognates
- The effect of loanwords in Japanese on the learning of English
- The built-in lexicons
- Common loanword cognates for high-frequency and academic English
- Quantifying the overlap and quality of Japanese/English cognates
- Exploiting Japanese loanword cognates
- Barriers to accessing cognates
- Extending word knowledge within word families.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-182) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781847690302
- 1847690300
- 9781847690319
- 1847690319
- OCLC:
- 159822079
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