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＜Books＞
Language contact in Japan : a socio-linguistic history / Leo J. Loveday
(Oxford studies in language contact)

Publisher	Oxford : Clarendon Press
Publisher	New York ; Tokyo : Oxford University Press
Year	c1996
Language	English,Japanese
Size	xii, 238 p. : ill., facsims. ; 25 cm
Authors	*Loveday, Leo
Subjects	LCSH:Japanese language -- Foreign elements  All Subject Search LCSH:Language and culture -- Japan  All Subject Search LCSH:Japanese language -- Social aspects  All Subject Search
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-235) and index (p. [237]-238) Based on author's thesis (Ph.D.) 'The sociolinguistic evolution and synchronic dynamics of language contact in Japan'--Essex University, UK, 1990 Appendix (p. [215-225]): 1. Negative community attitudes towards foreignisms in print -- 2. The questionnaire -- 3. The historical division between Japanese and Chinese-based literary genres -- 4. Lexical resources in contemporary Japanese restaurant-names (%)

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