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@article{ART002568731},
author={LIM JEONGSOO},
title={A Study on the usage of common loanwords in Japanese and Korean newspapers: From the quantitative and grammatical perspectives},
journal={The Japanese Language Association of Korea},
issn={1229-7275},
year={2020},
number={63},
pages={109-124},
doi={10.14817/jlak.2020.63.109}

TY - JOUR
AU - LIM JEONGSOO
TI - A Study on the usage of common loanwords in Japanese and Korean newspapers: From the quantitative and grammatical perspectives
JO - The Japanese Language Association of Korea
PY - 2020
VL - null
IS - 63
PB - The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
SP - 109
EP - 124
SN - 1229-7275
AB - This paper examines the usage of common loanwords in Japanese and Korean language systems in terms of the quantitative and grammatical perspectives. The findings are as follows: (1) From the quantitative perspective, there is no difference in the actual total usage for the loanwords that exist in both Japanese and Korean. However, an observation of the individual loanwords reveals that Korean shows a higher rate in top-frequency loanwords. Top 30 loanwords account for 45% in Korean, and 33% in Japanese. (2) From the grammatical perspective, it is a common feature in both languages that most common loanwords are mainly used as nouns, and the usage becomes lower in the order of: verbs > nominal adjectives (adjectives for Korean) > adverbs. However, there is a significant difference observed between the two languages in the usage proportion: that is, the grammatical status of a loanword may be changed when adopted to these languages and in Japanese twice as many loanwords are used in multiple word classes than in Korean, reflecting the fact that verbs in Japanese can be derived from nouns more easily than in Korean. (3) As a result of comparing the loanwords that are derived to verbs in only one language, either Japanese or Korean, it was revealed that in Japanese, most loanwords can be verbalized by attaching suru 'do' whereas in Korean, loanwords can be verbalized by attaching verbalization markers other than hada 'do'. From this result, it can be said that the two languages have different ways of expressing things; to be more specific, there is a higher tendency to use loanwords as nouns in Korean than in Japanese.
KW - Loanwords;Newspapers;Frequency of use;Word class
DO - 10.14817/jlak.2020.63.109
ER -

LIM JEONGSOO. (2020). A Study on the usage of common loanwords in Japanese and Korean newspapers: From the quantitative and grammatical perspectives. The Japanese Language Association of Korea, 63, 109-124.

LIM JEONGSOO. 2020, "A Study on the usage of common loanwords in Japanese and Korean newspapers: From the quantitative and grammatical perspectives", The Japanese Language Association of Korea, no.63, pp.109-124. Available from: doi:10.14817/jlak.2020.63.109

LIM JEONGSOO "A Study on the usage of common loanwords in Japanese and Korean newspapers: From the quantitative and grammatical perspectives" The Japanese Language Association of Korea 63 pp.109-124 (2020) : 109.

LIM JEONGSOO. A Study on the usage of common loanwords in Japanese and Korean newspapers: From the quantitative and grammatical perspectives. 2020; 63 : 109-124. Available from: doi:10.14817/jlak.2020.63.109

LIM JEONGSOO. "A Study on the usage of common loanwords in Japanese and Korean newspapers: From the quantitative and grammatical perspectives" The Japanese Language Association of Korea no.63(2020) : 109-124.doi: 10.14817/jlak.2020.63.109

LIM JEONGSOO. A Study on the usage of common loanwords in Japanese and Korean newspapers: From the quantitative and grammatical perspectives. The Japanese Language Association of Korea, 63, 109-124. doi: 10.14817/jlak.2020.63.109

LIM JEONGSOO. A Study on the usage of common loanwords in Japanese and Korean newspapers: From the quantitative and grammatical perspectives. The Japanese Language Association of Korea. 2020; 63 109-124. doi: 10.14817/jlak.2020.63.109

LIM JEONGSOO. A Study on the usage of common loanwords in Japanese and Korean newspapers: From the quantitative and grammatical perspectives. 2020; 63 : 109-124. Available from: doi:10.14817/jlak.2020.63.109

LIM JEONGSOO. "A Study on the usage of common loanwords in Japanese and Korean newspapers: From the quantitative and grammatical perspectives" The Japanese Language Association of Korea no.63(2020) : 109-124.doi: 10.14817/jlak.2020.63.109