Influence Of English In The Japanese Language

Currently, Japan is known for having a very distinct culture, cultivated due to their isolation as an island nation. However, while Japanese civilization is a highly distinctive society, it also has strong ties to Chinese culture. In fact, as early as the first century A.D., the people of Japan were sending missions to China; they established a trade and tribute based relationship. This initial relationship gave way to the later Chinese influence that would shape Japan. From these encounters, and maybe even from before, the Japanese developed a writing system similar to Chinese. In fact, according to Vogler, the earliest known examples of Japanese writing are proper names inscribed in Chinese characters. Nevertheless, Chinese influence didn’t just stop with language; it extended to art, literature, and even government. Eventually, these influences from China, often referred to as the ‘Sinification’ of Japan, would give rise to the newly civilized Japanese nation. Especially during the T’ang dynasty of China, “Both Korea and Japan were profoundly influenced by China and underwent broad centralizing reforms on the Chinese model” (Varley 19). Indeed, through religion, bureaucracy, and the arts, Chinese culture began to permeate Japanese civilization throughout the seventh and eighth centuries A.D.

In many other countries such as India and Philippines English has a dominant role in elite class an upper middle class of society. Indonesian language also achieved no.5 ranking in the world amongst all the languages. The use of Dutch is completely vanished in the Indonesian society and students are also taking English language as an optional subject in their studies. English is not playing a dominant role in the Indonesian education and many of the high scored postgraduates don’t have any knowledge of English. From the social perspective Indonesian language is much more acceptable among all the sections of the society and people easily connect Indonesian language with the culture of Indonesia. There is a serious problem attached with Indonesian language and that problem is the lack of vocabulary and the people are using vernacular languages as the replacement (Dardjowidjojo, 1998). Indonesian language has adopted many technical words from English language such as komputer, handpone and telepon etc. (Hakim, 2015). The Indonesian language needs to develop its vocabulary for attracting youth in

Nowadays Its well known that the English language is the most commonly used second language, therefore, the Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language has a significant value in all aspects of our lives whether it was for education, communication,cultural, political or as a job requirement, With the spread of social media and modern

In more modern times the interaction of English speakers with other languages, through first colonialism, and later the emergence of English as a global language has enriched the vocabulary (‘pyjama’) and led to the evolution of different versions of English around the world, for example the hybrid ‘Singlish’ that has emerged in Singapore.

It is deplorable how easily the American government faltered in its responsibility in upholding the rights of all American citizens, as well as how easily it was signed away. The United States influenced by the effects of racial prejudice and mass hysteria, which had been developing since the end of the First World War, lead to what were seen as reprimandable decisions in overruling the rights of Japanese-Americans. With the major influences of fear-mongering caused from a risen tensions of events in the East, beginning the Second World War in the Pacific, such as the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, and later, direct attacks in the United States at military base, Pearl Harbor in 1941, were all proponents into the development of an era of exceptions,

Yasumasa Morimura was born in Osaka, Japan 1951; before the end of the American Occupation and during the Korean War. It was at this time in Japan that society had become increasingly modernized and influenced by western culture. Subsequently, the foreign influence of Japan’s culture affected their culture, politics and education. With a westernized curriculum, much of the education focused on occident values, ideas, and art. Despite Japan’s rich history, much of the art history that was taught had originated from western culture.

Throughout its history, English has become one of the most spoken languages in the world. This will lead me through the dissemination of the English language and the changes the language has under gone. Until recently, the wide spread use of code-switching, the practice of using and thinking in two different languages is much different than borrowing. Borrowing is a term used to describe using words from other languages by monolinguals of any given language and have been adapted into regular use, as part of an adopted vocabulary. One example

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Japan started to change their attitude to Europeans, they welcomed them because they were satisfied by the glory they bring, they traded things like glasses, clocks, and artillery. However it also brought social changes, and Tokugawa rulers started to grow suspicious of the Portuguese and Spanish intention for Japan, so at last, they only trade with Dutch and Chinese in a fixed harbour. Through the trading with Dutch, they began to build up knowledge of Western ideology and world events, according to the knowledge of Western ideas, Japan's scientific, geographical and political knowledge began to grow. Due to the influences foreign countries brought to Japan, Japan become the country we see

After the Meiji restoration, the West was taken as a supreme ideal for nearly every aspect of Japanese life. In fact it has become alarmingly difficult to differentiate the original cultural Japanese life and the Westernised Japanese way of life (‘A History of Modern Japan’, p13). The assimilation of Western ideas has largely been a negative transition, through the establishment of unreasonable treaties. However, according to historical events and accounts, it is evident that continued Western influence and interference between 1853-1941, led Japan to become a more aggressive nation.

Looking back what Japan has been going throughout the years, Japan has been through a lot.  Some of the events that they was involved in was the Pacific War from 1941 to 1945, the horrific bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Battle of Coral Sea, Battle of Midway, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, constitution of Japan, peace treaties concluded with various countries, Japan becomes a member of the United Nation, and the continuous economic growth.

The culture and society of Japan consists of many similar ideas to the foundation that the Western civilization was built upon. Influences that have impacted Japan include; industrialization, continued modernization, and the shift toward a democratic political government. Even with both societies being founded on identical concepts, the major differences are the way the society functions. Japan has been heavily influenced by both China and America and has made their own culture by combining these ideas along with their own traditional ideals. Just as any other country, Japan is no stranger to gender roles, gender stereotypes, and workplace inequalities and the ideas Japan was built upon plays a big role in the way all of these forms of discrimination

Moreover, English may alter the creation of words of some languages. Linguistically, some words will be created by ‘borrowings’ (Crystal, 1971). It simply means using a word from one language to function as the same thing in another language. English words such as ‘taxi’, ‘bus’ and ‘file’ are borrowed for the creation of words in Cantonese. It is believed that this kind of ‘borrowing words’ will increase in a faster rate, leading to a certain word or phrase become disappeared or even replaced by English if the promotion of English become more intensive.

It was totally unexpected and it became one of the most destructive earthquakes ever to hit Japan. Thousands of men, women, little boys and little girls were killed. Thousands more were injured. Japan was not prepared for such a disaster. There was a shortage of medical supplies; they needed food, clothing and building materials.

The Positive and Negative Impact of English Loanwords on the Japanese Language Over a prolonged period of time, the use of English has expanded to the point that is has become a truly global language. Presently, there are more than 1.5 billion English speakers worldwide; the reasons for this are varied. English being the preferred method of internet communication; British colonization and the world’s fixation with American popular culture, are just some of the contributory factors. There can be little doubt that this expansion of English as a lingua franca