An Analysis of Ethnic Influence on Language: Mandarin or Xinjiang Mandarin?
This paper aims to investigate lexical borrowings from ethnic languages to standard Mandarin. Data are collected through daily observation after years of living in Xinjiang, China. The data suggest that phonetic loans and hybrid loans are the major approaches in lexical borrowings from Uyghur, Russi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2018-11-01
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| Series: | Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: Philologica |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/ausp-2018-0016 |