Sökning: "Loanword"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 12 uppsatser innehållade ordet Loanword.
1. Are Russian loanwords more permanent than the Sino-Russian treaties? : A study of the integration and use of Russian lexical borrowings in Modern Standard Chinese with a historical perspective on language contact
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologiSammanfattning : China and Russia began their shared history in the 17th century and have since had stable and unstable language contact which has had an effect on the Russian-Chinese linguistic exchange. This study explores the integration and use of Russian loanwords in Modern Standard Chinese by using two quantitative methods. LÄS MER
2. Are Loanwords Trendier? : A Qualitative Corpus Analysis on Adjective Collocations of English Loanword Nouns and their Native or Sino Japanese Pairs in the Japanese Language
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/JapanskaSammanfattning : To analyse the behaviour of English loanwords in the Japanese language using corpus analysis is a relatively new field of research. The aim of this thesis is to add to this emergent field by attempting to discover if there are any differences in how English loanword nouns and their native Japanese/Sino-Japanese near synonym pairs are used in contemporary written Japanese. LÄS MER
3. Quantifying loanwords: A study of borrowability in the Finnish lexicon
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskapSammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
4. Loanword compound truncation in Japanese: A study on Japanese learners’ understanding of loanword abbreviations
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/JapanskaSammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
5. Peloton versus Pack & Bunch : A study of French lexical borrowing in live English cycling commentary
Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenSammanfattning : The sport of cycling is an ever expanding global phenomenon, drawing crowds in their thousands to watch the races unfold. Its community has a distinct vocabulary, with many terms borrowed from several other languages, principally French. LÄS MER