バーズ　キース   BARRS, Keith   BARRS, Keith    所属   広島修道大学  人文学部    職種   教授
言語種別	日本語
発行・発表の年月	2012/11
形態種別	学術論文
標題	Implications of Cross-Linguistic Lexical Similarities for Japanese Learners of English
執筆形態	単著
掲載誌名	神田外語大学言語教育研究所言語教育研究
掲載区分	国内
巻・号・頁	23,27-37頁
概要	Despite previous research showing an extensive correlation between English-derived vocabulary in the Japanese language (English gairaigo) and high-frequency English language vocabulary, there still exists resistance by language teachers in Japan to incorporate this vocabulary into ELT methodologies. Much of this resistance is due to negative attitudes towards katakana English, fostered by arguments that phonological, orthographical, structural and semantic changes make the words incomparable to their English language equivalents. The present study reports on an empirical investigation into the quantity of katakana English loanwords in Japanese by analysing the katakana English occurrences in one month of Japanese-language newspaper front-page articles. Although the data to be presented reflect findings from only one medium, that of Japanese-language newspapers, the results help to shed light on what has been called a ‘sub-lexicon’ of ‘built-in’ English-based loanwords.