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English as a decorative language

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

John Dougill
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Abstract

In ET6, Gillian Kay described how Japanese absorbs and re-shapes the words of English. There is, however, another trend in Japan, in which English is used as a social and commercial accessory.

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Special Features
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English Today , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , October 1987 , pp. 33 - 35
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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