Abstract

FERNANDEZ MATA, Rafael. THE JAPANESE LOANWORDS FOR FOOD. Anu. let. lingüíst. filol. [online]. 2019, vol.7, n.1, pp.61-103.  Epub Dec 06, 2021. ISSN 2448-8224.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.adel.7.1.2019.1530.

Japanese loanwords related to cooking constitute the second biggest semantic field (16 words out of a total of 92) of all such words used currently in Spanish. For the first time concerning Spanish, the culinary Japanese loanwords are described thoroughly from a formal, semantic and historical perspective in the present article. Further, the degree of adaptation of these loanwords within the Spanish lexical inventory will be indicated.

Keywords : japonesismo; cooking; food; loanwords; Spanish Lexicography; Diccionario de la Real Academia Española.