Essays about: "loanword pairs"

Found 1 essay containing the words loanword pairs.

  1. 1. Are Loanwords Trendier? : A Qualitative Corpus Analysis on Adjective Collocations of English Loanword Nouns and their Native or Sino Japanese Pairs in the Japanese Language

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Erik Larsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Japanese; loanwords; loanword pairs; gairaigo; kango; wago; emotive adjectives; collocation analysis; corpus; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : To analyse the behaviour of English loanwords in the Japanese language using corpus analysis is a relatively new field of research. The aim of this thesis is to add to this emergent field by attempting to discover if there are any differences in how English loanword nouns and their native Japanese/Sino-Japanese near synonym pairs are used in contemporary written Japanese. READ MORE