The impact of loan-words on modern Japanese

Japan Forum

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-253

  Tomoda, Takako ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Japan; Language change; Loan word; Officialese

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955677209     PISSN: 09555803     EISSN: 1469932X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09555809908721634     Document Type: Article

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