Languages in Contact: The Case of English and Burmese

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.

Creator/author: 

Julian Wheatley, San San Hnin Tun

Source/publisher: 

Journal of Burma Studies Vol. 4 (1999)

Date of Publication: 

1999-00-00

Date of entry: 

2009-03-10

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  • Individual Documents

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Language: 

English, Burmese

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