A01=Keisuke Imamura
Author_Keisuke Imamura
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Pseudo-Anglicisms
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- ISBN 9783111438450
- Weight: 427g
- Dimensions: 155 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 04 May 2026
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Publication City/Country: DE
- Product Form: Hardback
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This volume presents a comprehensive analysis of pseudo-anglicisms in Japanese which demonstrate dynamic processes of semantic, morphological, and lexical remodeling. These multifaceted phenomena are explored through corpus-based analyses, cross-linguistic comparisons, examination of diverse formation processes and sociolinguistic causes. Numerous examples such as bijinesuchikku (business + -tic, ‘businesslike’), yankī (Yankee, ‘juvenile delinquent’), akahara (academic + harassment) display unique adaptations and productive usages of anglicisms, and help to advance our understanding of these intricate processes of lexical borrowing in general.
Keisuke Imamura, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan.
