The question of how best to classify Modern Standard Chinese loanwords is rather a fraught
one. Various principles of categorization have been proposed in the literature; however …

A question which is frequently asked in discussions about the future roles of English and
Chinese (Modern Standard Chinese or Putonghua and often also referred to as Mandarin) …

Through centuries of cross-cultural communication, English has been enriched by elements
from other languages around the world, including Chinese; meanwhile, English has also …

This chapter reviews how and why the field of World Englishes developed and then
considers some of the developments the field has seen in recent years, along with an …

Contacts between English and Chinese have existed for several centuries, causing lexical
exchanges between the two languages. As a result, numerous lexical items are taken from …

Abstract This study merges Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (Larsen-Freeman &
Cameron, 2008) and identity theory (Gee, 2000) as a transdisciplinary framework to …