从历史的视角论英语外来词对当代日本语言文化的影响【摘要】日本向来作为擅于从其他民族尤其是从西方先进文化中取其精华的强大民族而被世界认可。明治维新以来,日本与英语国家的大量贸易往来及对其先进技术的吸收促使大量英语词汇作为外来语进入到日语当中。在现代日语中,外来语词汇约占日语总日语词汇总量的 10 %,其中源于英语的外来语词汇占比已超过 80 %,而语言又属文化中的重要成分,由此而知,英语作为日语中最大的外来语词源,在很大程度上影响着日本语言文化的发展。本文以历史为视角,追溯英语外来词进入日语的历史沿革,列举日语中部分英语外来词以探讨其词源分类,及通过对日语中和制英语与混合语词的展示探究英语外来词与日本文化相融合的语言表现,并就英语外来词对当代日本语言及文化的影响进行分析。最后,本文提出英语外来词对当代日本语言文化的影响为利大于弊,且未来日语中外来语的引进仍会不断继续。【关键词】 英语;日语外来语;历史;语言;文化iOn the Influence of Loan Words from English on Modern Japanese Language and Culture from the Perspective of History[Abstract] Japan has always been recognized by the world as a powerful nation that is adept at taking essence from other nationalities, especially from the advanced Western culture. After the Meiji Restoration, a great deal of trade between Japan and English-speaking countries absorption of its advanced technology have made a large number of English words be used as loan words into Japanese language. In modern Japanese, loan words account for about 10% of total Japanese vocabulary, and among them, those from English accounted for more than 80% of them. The language is a very important part of culture. So it is known that English, as the largest source of loan words in Japanese, has greatly influenced the development of Japanese language and culture. This paper, from the perspective of history, starts with the reviews on historical evolution of English being introduced into Japanese, tried t...