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Hou, Jueyu (2023)

The use of Japanese loanwords in Chinese Otaku communities

Master thesis | Linguistics (MA)
The present study aims to investigate the use of Japanese loanwords in Mandarin Chinese-speaking Otaku communities by combining database observation with three elicitation tasks: 1) a questionnaire on knowledge and using circumstances of the loans, 2) a set of read-aloud tasks following the questionnaire in Task 1 for tonal assignment strategies, and 3) a timed loanword-identification task. Linguistic dimensions of the data are carefully investigated, and variations in different individuals’ uses are also observed. Based on these findings, the role of misperception and identity in tonal adaptation, the limbo between code switching and lexical borrowing, as well as the role of orthographic representations are reflected on.
Japanese loanwords
Mandarin Chinese
Otaku communities
language contact
Author
Hou, Jueyu
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Specialisation
Modern Languages
Supervisors
Kossmann, M.G.
ECTS Credits
20
Language
en