日语外来语的使用意图和效果

Intention and Effect of Loanwords in Japanese

日语中融入了大量以欧美语言为主的外国语词汇,丰富了原有的日语表现。经过了"日语化"的外来语,在日语的语言体系中,词形、意义、音韵都不可避免地发生了变化。作为交流的媒介,外来语导入新的概念并创造出新的语感。其使用效果主要表现在含糊其辞、回避责任,缓和语气,减少词语重复以及提高形象等方面。

Japanese language contains a large amount of loanwords. A large portion of them originate from European and American Languages. The loanwords have enriched the original Japanese expressions. Integrated into Japanese, the word form, the meaning, and the phoneme of the loanwords have been inevitably changed in the Japanese language system. As a medium of communication, the loanwords introduce new concepts and create new senses of language. The effect of using them mainly manifests in equivocation and evading responsibility, easing the mood, reducing the repetition of words and improving the speaker＇s image.