日本語は理学療法論文に適さぬ言語か?

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There is hardly any place in this country where one does not see words written using the Roman alphabet, most of which are in English. The author noticed an acceleration in this trend when he returned in 1981 after twelve years' absence from Japan. While living abroad articles were read in the Japanese Journal of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy and sentences were found to be mixed throughout with foreign terminology - mainly English. It was most irritating to read them. In contrast, according to the author's knowledge, no journal written in English, even those published in non-English-speaking countries, contain foreign words in their articles except a few well established ones and these are mainly Latin. It is a well-known fact that we Japanese physiotherapists are, in general, eager to learn and study English to obtain up-to-date information from the countries where physiotherapy is well-established. Is the end product of this struggle, however, the production of professional articles using what the author calls 'pidgin' Japanese sentences ? Is the Japanese language so inferior that we cannot effectively express our professional thoughts and opinions without interjecting with English words ? In this article the author has sited many examples of the misuse and abuse of English terminology, discussed the implication of this phenomenon, and suggested possible appropriate measures to remedy it.
社団法人日本理学療法士協会の論文
1988-01-10

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荻原新八郎
金沢大学医学部保健学科

日本語は理学療法論文に適さぬ言語か?

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