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Questions tagged [linguistics]

言語学. The study of languages.

Linguistics is the study of languages, encompassing morphology, syntax, phonology and phonetics, and meaning (semantics and pragmatics).

This tag is meant for more technical and theoretical questions about Japanese. See also comparative linguistics for comparisons with other languages, and language-change for changes over time.

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Terminology for leaving out parts of words

In Japanese some parts of words or letters often get left out in order to shorten them, but what is this phenomenon called? Does anyone know? Do you know the English terminology? The Japanese terminology? Two examples ... けれども becomes けど かもしらない…
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Why are English loanwords so much more popular than Chinese ones?

While I get that Chinese-Japanese relations are complicated, American-Japanese relations are as well; given how Chinese jargon and terms of art are available, why is it that English terms are so often given preference?
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Are words like CD or DNA counted as Japanese?

Yes, they are written with the Latin alphabet, but they are used in the Japanese language, so I am not sure. I mean, they have entries in Japanese dictionaries and a Japanese reading. What are they? If they do count as Japanese words, does it mean…
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