@article{ART003178170},
author={Kim, Minchai},
title={Africanisms in French Dictionary: Analysis of African Cultural Diffusion Patterns in France},
journal={Cross-Cultural Studies},
issn={1598-0685},
year={2025},
volume={74},
pages={49-74},
doi={10.21049/ccs.2025.74..49}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kim, Minchai
TI - Africanisms in French Dictionary: Analysis of African Cultural Diffusion Patterns in France
JO - Cross-Cultural Studies
PY - 2025
VL - 74
IS - null
PB - Center for Cross Culture Studies
SP - 49
EP - 74
SN - 1598-0685
AB - The purpose of this study was to examine how African culture was introduced, disseminated, and transformed within French culture by analyzing Africanisms, loanwords of African origin, included in French dictionaries. To achieve this, we utilized the etymological search function of an online version of the French dictionary, Le Petit Robert de la langue française, to extract loanwords of African origin. Extracted words were quantitatively analyzed based on four criteria: ‘introduction process and donor language’, ‘category, part of speech, and field of borrowing’, ‘period of appearance’, and ‘specific marker in a dictionary’. Based on our analysis results, we inferred patterns of African cultural diffusion in France by dividing them into three stages: ‘introduction patterns’, ‘settlement patterns’, and ‘transformation patterns’. Through this series of tasks, it was confirmed that it was a rare occurrence for African culture actively introduced from regions under French influence during the late First Colonial Empire and the early to mid Second Colonial Empire to deeply impact French culture.
KW - French dictionary;language contact;loanword;lexical borrowing;Africanism;France;Africa;cultural diffusion
DO - 10.21049/ccs.2025.74..49
ER -
Kim, Minchai. (2025). Africanisms in French Dictionary: Analysis of African Cultural Diffusion Patterns in France. Cross-Cultural Studies, 74, 49-74.
Kim, Minchai. 2025, "Africanisms in French Dictionary: Analysis of African Cultural Diffusion Patterns in France", Cross-Cultural Studies, vol.74, pp.49-74. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2025.74..49
Kim, Minchai "Africanisms in French Dictionary: Analysis of African Cultural Diffusion Patterns in France" Cross-Cultural Studies 74 pp.49-74 (2025) : 49.
Kim, Minchai. Africanisms in French Dictionary: Analysis of African Cultural Diffusion Patterns in France. 2025; 74 49-74. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2025.74..49
Kim, Minchai. "Africanisms in French Dictionary: Analysis of African Cultural Diffusion Patterns in France" Cross-Cultural Studies 74(2025) : 49-74.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2025.74..49
Kim, Minchai. Africanisms in French Dictionary: Analysis of African Cultural Diffusion Patterns in France. Cross-Cultural Studies, 74, 49-74. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2025.74..49
Kim, Minchai. Africanisms in French Dictionary: Analysis of African Cultural Diffusion Patterns in France. Cross-Cultural Studies. 2025; 74 49-74. doi: 10.21049/ccs.2025.74..49
Kim, Minchai. Africanisms in French Dictionary: Analysis of African Cultural Diffusion Patterns in France. 2025; 74 49-74. Available from: doi:10.21049/ccs.2025.74..49
Kim, Minchai. "Africanisms in French Dictionary: Analysis of African Cultural Diffusion Patterns in France" Cross-Cultural Studies 74(2025) : 49-74.doi: 10.21049/ccs.2025.74..49
