Description:
This article deals with the nature and the effects of the long period of linguistic contact between Burmese and English. Part 1 deals with general issues of contact and borrowing; part 2 provides examples of English loanwords in Burmese, and considers the processes of phonological and semantic accommodation that they reflect.
Source/publisher:
Journal of Burma Studies Vol. 4 (1999)
Date of Publication:
1999-00-00
Date of entry:
2009-03-10
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Language:
English, Burmese