Emi Morita

List of John Benjamins publications for which Emi Morita plays a role.

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Subjects Discourse studies | Japanese linguistics | Pragmatics | Semantics

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Morita, Emi 2013 13. Language policy and practice in English loanwords in JapaneseThe Politics of English: South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific, Wee, Lionel, Robbie B.H. Goh and Lisa Lim (eds.), pp. 249–268 | Article
This paper discusses the conflict between language policy and actual practice regarding loanword use in Japan. Localized appropriation of foreign words is nothing new to Japanese history; nevertheless, the Japanese government deems the current influx of loanwords to be “problematic”. A 2007 report… read more