Transliterating Icelandic names into Japanese Katakana Words. An Exploratory Study.

This study aims to discover which of several possible ways of transcribing Icelandic personal names into Japanese will come closest to the original Icelandic pronunciation in the subjects’ estimation. It identifies and examines eight discrete mismatches of sound be - tween Japanese and Icelandic and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Umezawa, Kaoru
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Milli Mála 2015
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Online Access:https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/millimala/article/view/1451