The Acquisition of the Semantic Meaning of Abbreviations in Japanese and the Usage Strategies-A Study on Katakana Abbreviation on Alphabet Abbreviation Form
Abstract：With the expansion of communication methods, increasing number of foreign and English words have entered into the Japanese vocabulary. Since the phonemes of these borrowed words do not usually conform with the cognitive pattern and usage of Japanese, those multiple-syllable words are shortened to a form of either Katakana abbreviations or Roman alphabet abbreviations. This essay intends to identify and explore the factors affecting the audience＇s comprehension of these new words, based on which relative strategies to use the new vocabulary are also suggested.
Keywords：Katakana AbbreviationAlphabet Abbreviationsemantic meaningcontextUsage Strategies
Publication Date：2012-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 53-57 )