Dagger Bishop
@daggerbishop.bsky.social
Linguistics, i guess.
I live in rural Japan, have a Dartmouth linguistics degree in linguistics, and wrote a thesis on nasality and Gay Sounding Speech. Currently studying Japanese.
I live in rural Japan, have a Dartmouth linguistics degree in linguistics, and wrote a thesis on nasality and Gay Sounding Speech. Currently studying Japanese.
Lexical borrowing: English uses Latin & Greek for science/tech terms and advanced vocab. Japanese uses 'onyomi' readings of Chinese characters productively for the same effect. This is due to the origin languages being seen as intellectual. Check out the chart I made of classical and Chinese roots!
December 10, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Lexical borrowing: English uses Latin & Greek for science/tech terms and advanced vocab. Japanese uses 'onyomi' readings of Chinese characters productively for the same effect. This is due to the origin languages being seen as intellectual. Check out the chart I made of classical and Chinese roots!