Growing East Asian words in English : British university students' attitudes to words of East Asian origin in the English language

With the change of linguistic, cultural and ethnic landscapes, multilingual, multicultural and multi-ethnic realities are increasing globally. In the case of the UK, the 2011 Census showed that the Asian or Asian British ethnic group category had one of the largest increases since 2001, with a third...

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Main Authors: You, Zixi, Kiaer, Jieun, Ahn, Hyejeong
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1450952023-03-11T20:06:19Z Growing East Asian words in English : British university students' attitudes to words of East Asian origin in the English language You, Zixi Kiaer, Jieun Ahn, Hyejeong School of Humanities Humanities::Linguistics Asian British East Asian With the change of linguistic, cultural and ethnic landscapes, multilingual, multicultural and multi-ethnic realities are increasing globally. In the case of the UK, the 2011 Census showed that the Asian or Asian British ethnic group category had one of the largest increases since 2001, with a third of the foreign-born population of the UK (2.4 million) now identifying as Asian British (Office for National Statistics, 2013). It is not surprising then, given the aforementioned demographic situation, to see many Asian-origin words in the English language. East Asian words are now entering into the English lexicon with unprecedented speed as a consequence of increased contact between East Asia and the English-speaking world. Accepted version 2020-12-10T07:41:11Z 2020-12-10T07:41:11Z 2019 Journal Article You, Z., Kiaer, J., & Ahn, H. (2019). Growing East Asian words in English : British university students' attitudes to words of East Asian origin in the English language. English Today, 36(2), 17–34. doi:10.1017/s026607841900018x 0266-0784 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145095 10.1017/S026607841900018X 2 36 17 34 en English Today © 2019 Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved. This paper was published in English Today and is made available with permission of Cambridge University Press. application/pdf
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Asian British
East Asian
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Asian British
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You, Zixi
Kiaer, Jieun
Ahn, Hyejeong
Growing East Asian words in English : British university students' attitudes to words of East Asian origin in the English language
description With the change of linguistic, cultural and ethnic landscapes, multilingual, multicultural and multi-ethnic realities are increasing globally. In the case of the UK, the 2011 Census showed that the Asian or Asian British ethnic group category had one of the largest increases since 2001, with a third of the foreign-born population of the UK (2.4 million) now identifying as Asian British (Office for National Statistics, 2013). It is not surprising then, given the aforementioned demographic situation, to see many Asian-origin words in the English language. East Asian words are now entering into the English lexicon with unprecedented speed as a consequence of increased contact between East Asia and the English-speaking world.
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You, Zixi
Kiaer, Jieun
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author You, Zixi
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title Growing East Asian words in English : British university students' attitudes to words of East Asian origin in the English language
title_short Growing East Asian words in English : British university students' attitudes to words of East Asian origin in the English language
title_full Growing East Asian words in English : British university students' attitudes to words of East Asian origin in the English language
title_fullStr Growing East Asian words in English : British university students' attitudes to words of East Asian origin in the English language
title_full_unstemmed Growing East Asian words in English : British university students' attitudes to words of East Asian origin in the English language
title_sort growing east asian words in english : british university students' attitudes to words of east asian origin in the english language
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