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| Overseas Loanwords and the Study of Chinese Lexical History |
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Abstract The overseas loanwords refer to a large number of Chinese words in Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, etc. in the so-called Chinese Character Culture. The large number of overseas loanwords keep the original Chinese meanings and thus can be considered as living fossils of the historical words of Chinese. They are of great significance to the study of Chinese lexical history. The combination of Chinese lexical history, dialect vocabulary and overseas loanwords points to great possibilities in study.
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2009, Vol. 11 
