Translingual Words is a detailed case study on lexical integration, or mediation, occurring between East Asian languages and English(es).

Jieun Kiaer is Associate Professor of Korean Language and Linguistics at the University of Oxford, UK.

1. Birth of Translingual Words

Chapter 1. Foreign Words: Aliens and Denizens?

Chapter 2. Hybrid Words: Anomalies?

Chapter 3. Subcultural words: Peripheral words?

Chapter 4. Translingual Words

1. East Asian Words in English

Chapter 5. First arrivals

Chapter 6. Settlement

Chapter 7. Stylistic Variations

III. English Words in East Asian Languages

Chapter 8. Directly imported English words

Chapter 9. Locally-made English words

Chapter 10. Global Words