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Loanwords

open access: yesJournal of Modern Languages, 2017
This paper attempts to discuss some aspects of the phenomenon which it is usually called 'loanword'. The paper intends to bring to light some unfamiliar facts about the ways in which people of different language communities react when faced with the ...
karl Jurgen Kampmark
doaj   +14 more sources

Phonetic input, phonological categories and orthographic representations: a psycholinguistic perspective on why language education needs oral corpora―The case of French-Japanese interphonology development ― [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In this paper, we try to show that oral corpora can be used in L2 education to help learners improve their oral skills. More specifically, we concentrate on the role of oral corpora data as phonetic input for L2 phonology learning.
Detey, Sylvain
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Gairaigo in Japanese foreign language learning: a tool for native English speakers? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
There is considerable academic literature on the usefulness of loanwords to Foreign Language (FL) learners. This literature, based on empirical studies conducted among learners of various language backgrounds and learning various target languages ...
Champ, Niamh
core   +3 more sources

The pragmatics of specialized communication [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
El presente artículo pretende poner de manifiesto la importancia de la pragmática en relación con la comunicación especializada. La estructura, el contenido y la terminología de los textos especializados se ven afectados por factores como la propia ...
Faber, Pamela
core   +3 more sources

An optimality analysis of Malay loanwords in Japanese [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This study aimed to examine and explain the phonology of Malay loanwords in Japanese using Optimality Theory. The analysis was based on secondary data extracted from the Senyum magazine published in Malaysia that utilises Japanese language in its writing.
Aznur Aisyah,, Zaharani Ahmad,
core   +2 more sources

English Tsunami In Indonesian [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
English has successfully overwhelmed Indonesian like tsunami as an imperialistic language. The meaning of imperialism here, however, differs from the conventional meaning as it is invited imperialism, not coerced imperialism.The influence of English in ...
Sadtono, E. (E)
core   +4 more sources

Accentedness Ratings of English Loanwords by Acadian French Listeners [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
Cette étude porte sur l’évaluation de la prononciation des emprunts anglais en français acadien. 83 étudiants acadiens, divisés en trois groupes selon leur niveau de compétence en anglais, ont évalué huit emprunts.
Cichocki, Wladyslaw, Harriott, Phillip
core   +1 more source

The phonetics of second language learning and bilingualism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This chapter provides an overview of major theories and findings in the field of second language (L2) phonetics and phonology. Four main conceptual frameworks are discussed and compared: the Perceptual Assimilation Model-L2, the Native Language Magnet ...
Chang, Charles B.
core   +1 more source

Modelling loanword success – a sociolinguistic quantitative study of Māori loanwords in New Zealand English [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Loanword use has dominated the literature on language contact and its salient nature continues to draw interest from linguists and non-linguists. Traditionally, loanwords were investigated by means of raw frequencies, which are at best uninformative and ...
Calude, Andreea Simona   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Trilingual conversations: a window into multicompetence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
A recurrent theme in the literature on trilingual language use is the question of whether there is a specific “trilingual competence.” In this paper we consider this question in the light of codeswitching patterns in two dyadic trilingual conversations ...
Baetens Beardsmore, H.   +12 more
core   +1 more source

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