Cross-lingual Corpus Analysis of Sino-Japanese Lexical Borrowing

Led a corpus-based study of Sino-Japanese loanwords to compare natural language contact with text-mediated borrowing through shared Kanji.

Highlights

Analyzed more than 3,000 loanwords and quantified high-frequency usage patterns that support text-based influence.
Presented the project at the 2024 undergraduate research defense and received top evaluation.