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

by Frank E. Daulton

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