Japan's Built-In Lexicon of English-Based Loanwords

(Part of the Second Language Acquisition Series)

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Throughout the world, the mother tongue fundamentally affects second language acquisition. Japanese contains thousands of loanwords, many based on the most useful types of English vocabulary. This book examines gairaigo -- Western loanwords in Japanese -- and its effect on L2 English acquisition. The first part introduces Japanese lexical borrowing. The second part resolves the "paradox of cognates" and clarifies the effect of gairaigo on English...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1847690300

ISBN13:9781847690302

Release Date:December 2007

Publisher:Multilingual Matters Limited

Length:200 Pages

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Japan's Built-In Lexicon of English-Based Loanwords

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