Language Contact in Japan ' a Socio-Linguistic History '

ISBN-13: 9780198235590 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 256 str.

Leo J. Loveday

Opis

If the Japanese are exclusive, why are they now borrowing so many linguistic characteristics from English for their own language? Is there a way to understand language contact that is valid across time and space? By examining the 2000-year-old history of how Japan has been influenced by other language groups, Loveday offers general insights into the social causes and patterns of language contact, as well as the nature of linguistic change.

Recenzje

a very worthwhile effort ... The book demonstrates the effectiveness of taking a sociolinguistic approach to diachronic data and presents an interesting account of the dynamically evolving situations of language contact in present-day Japan.