Essays about: "loanwords"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 33 essays containing the word loanwords.

  1. 11. Quantifying loanwords: A study of borrowability in the Finnish lexicon

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Sandra Cronhamn; [2018]
    Keywords : loanwords; Finnish; Uralic languages; language contact; borrowing; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The current study set out to investigate patterns of loanwords in a sample of 1,460 lexical meanings in the Finnish lexicon by means of quantitative methods. The methodology used was borrowed from the Loanword Typology project (Haspelmath & Tadmor 2009a), and consisted of a template including various fields, where information about each lexical item was coded. READ MORE

  3. 12. Loanword compound truncation in Japanese: A study on Japanese learners’ understanding of loanword abbreviations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Axel Bergman Engman; [2018]
    Keywords : Truncation; long vowel; light syllabic truncation; geminate; moraic nasal; English diphthong; light syllable; heavy syllable; contiguity; prosodic word; mora; gairaigo; loanword; constraint; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In this study, the comprehension of English loanword truncations in Japanese will be investigated. Both Japanese native speakers and learners of Japanese will display their ability to truncate different kinds of gairaigo compound loanwords. READ MORE

  4. 13. Compound Accentuation in Tokyo Japanese: Examining the underlying location of pitch accents in short loanwords containing a deficient mora

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Helena Uddefors; [2018]
    Keywords : syllable; mora; Japanese phonology; noun compound; Languages and Literatures;

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  5. 14. English Influence in Swedish Advertising: A Comparative Study of Recent English Loanwords and Swedish-English Code-Switching in the Printed and Online Versions of Five Magazines and Newspapers

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Emily Hesselmark; [2018]
    Keywords : code-switching; loanwords; advertising; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This paper investigates to what extent Swedish-English code-switching and recent English loanwords occur in the printed and online versions of five newspapers and magazines. The newspapers and magazines that were included are Aftonbladet, Amelia, Elle, Café, and Helsingborgs Dagblad. READ MORE

  6. 15. Hardship of the families. A linguistic study and categorisation of English loanwords in Japanese

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Elin Artonius; [2017-01-26]
    Keywords : japanska; Loanwords; categorisation; acquisition; linguistics; waseieigo; classification; Japanized English; gairaigo;

    Abstract : This study investigates what type of Japanese loanwords and waseieigo (Japanese made English), is the most difficult to comprehend for Swedish students studying Japanese at University. With the framework presented in Inagawa (2007) classification system, categorizing the loanwords into five different categories. READ MORE