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The focus of this research will be wasei eigo, or English-based terms created in Japan. The premise is that wasei eigo exemplifies Japan's relation with foreign things and concepts, especially Western ones. It takes them in and then transforms them into something different, yet better suited and more accessible, to Japan and its people. It is an example and paradigm for many kinds of cross-cultural ... read moreand cross-linguistic contacts and borrowingof words and grammar, food, holidays, music, and more. The paper gives an overview of the history of Japan's contact with foreign language, as well as explanations of several types of wasei eigo, then discusses reasons for its existence and use, and puts it in a broader context with comparisons to modified cultural traditions as well as to other forms of linguistic borrowing.read less
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