A Re-examination of Loanwords as an Aid for English Language Learning and Teaching

Mayuko Inagawa

Back

A Re-examination of Loanwords as an Aid for English Language Learning and Teaching

Journal article

Open access

Peer reviewed

A Re-examination of Loanwords as an Aid for English Language Learning and Teaching

Mayuko Inagawa

International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Science, Vol.2(3), pp.13-26

2014

Files and links (2)

pdf

PDF - Published Version (Open Access)166.16 kBDownload View

Published VersionPDF - Published Version (Open Access)CCBY_V2.0, Open Access

url

http://www.ijlass.org/data/frontImages/gallery/Vol._2_No._3/2.pdfView

Webpage

Abstract

Language Studies

loanword

corpus-based study

english vocabulary teaching

language contact

cross-linguistic analysis

The impact of loanwords on English vocabulary acquisition has been ubiquitous much-discussed topic in English teaching contexts such as Japan, where the language includes a large number of English-derived words in the form of loanwords. Despite considerable discussion of this issue, however, there is little corpus-based research that provides a descriptive analysis of English-origin words in comparison to their parent words in English. This explanatory study aims to explore the application/implications of a particular loanword in Japanese using a corpus-based approach, and to suggest the pedagogic implications for how loanwords should be treated when teaching English vocabulary in order to make use of this rich linguistic source that is already available in learners' first language.

Details

Title: A Re-examination of Loanwords as an Aid for English Language Learning and Teaching
Authors: Mayuko Inagawa (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
Publication details: International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Science, Vol.2(3), pp.13-26
Publisher: Center for Enhancing Knowledge
Date published: 2014
ISSN: 2307-924X
Copyright note: Copyright © 2014 Inagawa. This is an open access article and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449024802621
Output Type: Journal article

Metrics

137 File views/ downloads

952 Record Views