Lexicogrammatical Features in Japanese English: A Study of Five Speakers

• Authors: Yamaguchi, Toshiko

Abstracts

EN

Japanese English (JE) refers to the English spoken by Japanese citizens. This paper characterizes JE by examining its lexicogrammatical features produced by five speakers participating in experimental recordings. Drawing on the initiatives taken by Cogo and Dewey’s seminal work (2012), this study presents nine lexicogrammatical features which are taken to be typical of JE. It is shown that one decisive factor in creating a new variant is the formation of an alternative form to its native counterpart and this mechanism is sourced from the speaker’s multiple knowledge about two languages.

Keywords

EN

creativity; Japanese English; lexicogrammatical features; multiple knowledge about two languages

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Research in Language
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 3

Dates

published

2018-11-16

Contributors

author

Yamaguchi, Toshiko

other

University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Identifiers

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/11089/26544

DOI

10.2478/rela-2018-0017