BARRS, Keith    Department   Hiroshima shudo University  The Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences    Position   Professor
Language	English
Publication Date	2013/02
Type	Articles
Title	A Preliminary Analysis of Cross-linguistic Lexical Similarities between English and Japanese
Contribution Type	Single-Authored Publication
Journal	Working Papers in Language Education and Research
Volume, Issue, Pages	1(1),pp.11-20
Number of pages	10
Details	Cross-linguistic similarities found between any two languages can have positive pedagogical implications for all participants in the language learning process. This article reports on a small-scale investigation into the quantity of English words existing in the Japanese lexicon through a study of English loanword occurrences in a week of Japanese-language newspaper articles. The results show that there is clear evidence of an integrated English sub-lexicon in the Japanese language, which can be conceptualised as a useful linguistic resource for Japanese learners of English.