The Phenomenon Of Using Loanwords: Diversification Of The Vietnamese Language

First, communication – the French influence is readily observable in the Vietnamese communication patterns and use of language (Lewis, R. D.). “Facial expression is much more evident than in [other countries], and some body languages reminiscent of the French is to be seen. Emotional factors can be used in argument. Good education and a high rate of literacy lends people confidence in communication. The literary tradition is strong particularly in poetry (Lewis, R. D.).” Next, behavior at meetings and negotiations – “in essence the style is a combination of French rationality and Vietnamese tenacity. Though basically courteous, negotiations are cautious and give little away. Bureaucracy is, however, still tortuous and corrupt, according to most standards (Lewis, R. D.).” Third, the French introduced many materialistic things such as “Western values of individual freedom and sexual quality, which undermined the traditional Vietnamese social system. In urban areas, Western patterns of social behavior became increasingly common, especially among educated and wealthy Vietnamese attended French schools, read French books, replaced traditional attire with Western-style clothing, and drank French wines instead of the traditional wine distilled from rice. Adolescents began to resist the tradition of arranged marriages, and women chafed under social mores that demanded obedience

As borrowing words are inevitable if speakers of two different languages are in connection even for a shorter period of time, but a powerful and dominant impact is needed to induce grammatical changes. Old English pronouns hie, him and hiera were changed to they, them and their which are used nowadays. At first these were used only in the North but later in the Middle English period, it spread towards the South. Also, some conjunctions like until and though were taken from the Vikings. (Barber, Beal & Shaw, 2009, p. 143) However, these changes that took place in the Old English period were documented only in the Middle English period as the literary tradition was not conventional. (ibid, p.

For those who do not know, Vietnamese is one of the hardest languages to master. Due to the fact that it is purely phonetic and that every word in the language is one syllable. One word can mean multiple things. For example, muối,

As Vietnamese people constantly had to defend themselves against foreigners, they adopted products of other cultures which they valued and renovated them into their own.

The English language is know for having it share/influence of Greek."According to one estimate, more than 150,000 words of English are derived from Greek words." This shows that Greek played a large role in helping to create the modern English. The Greek language is such a large influence to modern English it is in almost all of our medical terminology.

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.

France’s colonialism had many impacts on Vietnam’s culture and tradition, such as the languages and beliefs. France affected Vietnam’s language by adding the French language, and that benefited them by improving the

However, this is not the case with the Mayan speech communities. It is evident from the data that “casual borrowing” took place. The natives of Guatemala and Mexico appeared to have borrowed lexical items in relation to their occupations. For example, some of them were farmers and house servants. For the purpose of daily discourse, borrowed words were mainly common nouns that named a type of animal, a bird and items that the Mayan

In Andrew Clements’ 1998 children’s book, Frindle, Nick Allen, a troublemaking fifth-grader, spent a great deal of effort changing the word pen to the word frindle, exasperating his teacher and gaining national notoriety for his invented word, which, in the story, stuck and was introduced into the English dictionary. In Clements’ book, he questions who it is that decides that words mean what words mean. His teacher, Mrs. Granger, responds, “You do, Nicholas. You and I and everyone in this class and this school and this town and this state and this country. We all agree” (Frindle 197). Unfortunately, deriving the etymology of words is not as simple as Mrs. Granger made it sound. Change in words – their meanings, spellings, and pronunciations - takes place over the divides of continents, ages, and languages. So, the analysis of words is more than a quest for definition; it is an exploration of history. The word “drum” is a fitting example of one suddenly appearing in the English language without strong, direct, reliable linkage to previous tongues.

The author is a professor of ESL and Vietnamese. This book has fourteen lessons, seven appendices, and two glossaries. They are built on a foundation of interaction, communication, and culture. This book not only provide an understanding of the language, but it also help students develop their language skills in Vietnamese. Students can learn to recognize, practice, and write the routine popular sentences. The appendices introduce the main historical events, traditional culture, politics, and geographical characteristics of Vietnam. The author is grateful for sharing her

It is common for languages to take words, phrases and meanings from one another, and this is no different than English taking from Greek and Latin. While some Greek or Latin words have been changed into prefixes and suffixes, others have become phrases, and even events have garnered their own meaning by today’s standards. This includes the adaptation to technology, science, military purposes and even everyday use, many of which are significant in their own respective area.

The language that we speak influences our everyday lives and can be seen within the different cultures that we belong to which can be examined within the Vietnamese culture. The Vietnamese language has developed into a very unique language throughout its history due to outside influences. Vietnamese culture has many idioms that are perfect examples of how their cultural values and their perceptive developed through the language they speak How Language Influences Our Cultures Since the very beginning of the study between how the language we speak influences our perceptions and the world around us; there has been a disagreement for how heavy that influence is. Language cannot keep us from thinking, imagining, or experiencing certain things but it does have a sway over how we perceive the information. This is explained in the article “Does Your Language Shape How You Think?” by Guy Deutscher stating, “we do after all acquire certain habits of thought that shape our experience in significant and often surprising ways,” exemplifying how our language does

Within the extract, there are several examples of vocabulary which has undergone semantic change, or has become obsolete or archaic. The word flagons which is a noun (L06), taken from the Middle English word flacons (OED). The meaning ‘A large bottle for holding wine or other liquors; in early use sometimes spec. a metal bottle with a screw top, such as was carried by pilgrims.’ (OED). The first recorded use of this lexeme was in 1470-1485 (OED).

Previous studies relevant and helpful to the present study on reduplication as the translation equivalence of English lexicons in Indonesian are reviewed below.

This has caused both positive and negative reactions, the latter prompting calls for government intervention from some sections of society. Loanwords are referred to as gairaigo in Japanese. In recent times, the contentious subject of gairaigo has become a hot topic of debate for the Japanese media, the government and the general public. Japanese is a language that has evolved through contact with foreign languages. In the 4th century, with no discernable method of written communication in place, the Japanese adopted Chinese characters as a written means of communicating (Ola,