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Tsuda, Sanae; Lafaye, Beverley Elsom – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2005
Language contact is traditionally associated with language communities having a long and close association with a second language--through an existing official language, or extensive use of the language spoken by past colonial rulers, or both. Japan neither falls directly into these categories, nor is it considered a country with a strong…
Descriptors: Linguistic Borrowing, Official Languages, Multilingualism, Language Role