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Peer reviewedHoffer, Bates – Language Sciences, 1990
Addresses complicated categories of loanwords and their uses in Japanese, an analysis of the developing functions of loanwords; the cultural attitudes that permit borrowings in some semantic areas; and how the present process of borrowing English words has similarities to the borrowing of Chinese language and culture some 1400 years ago.…
Descriptors: Chinese, English, Japanese, Language Attitudes
Peer reviewedHinds, John – Discourse Processes, 1980
Discusses the ellipsis of major sentential elements as a pervasive grammatical phenomenon in Japanese conversation and demonstrates its relevance for current theories of discourse or text analysis. (FL)
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Japanese
