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1. 1. OUT WITH THE NEW, IN WITH THE OLD. A study on Western loanwords in Japanese newspapers and the recommendations provided by the National Institute of Japanese Language and Linguistics

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Richard Novenius; [2020-06-16]
   Keywords : japanska; gairaigo; loanwords; language policy; newspaper;

   Abstract : With the current influx of Western loanwords, also called gairaigo, into the Japanese language, many Japanese citizens fear that the spirit of the language is disappearing. Nevertheless, borrowing words from foreign languages has historically been and still is an important part in the development of the Japanese language. READ MORE