The Status of Borrowed Items in Japanese Terminologies

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  • 日本語専門語彙の構成における外来語語基の位置づけ
  • ニホンゴ センモン ゴイ ノ コウセイ ニ オケル ガイライゴゴキ ノ イチヅケ

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In this paper we analysed the position of borrowed stems in terminologies. Several studies have so far addressed the characteristics of borrowed stems in terminologies, but most of them have assumed a priori the difference between borrowed stems and other stems, while the very position of borrowed stems in the construction of terminologies has not been examined fully. In this paper, we evaluate the position of borrowed stems by comparing two hypotheses - (1) borrowed stems and other stems belong to the same set in the construction of terminologies; and (2) borrowed stems and other stems constitute different sets in the construction of terminologies - by using a quantitative simulation based on terminological data from six academic fields. The analyses showed that, in all six fields analysed, borrowed stems behave qualitatively differently when a new stem is introduced to the terminology, while once the stem is used in the terminology, the borrowed stems behave in essentially the same manner as other morphemes.

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