A Morphological Comparison Between Chinese and Japanese Abbreviations

Abstract

This paper compares the Chinese and Japanese abbreviations from the perspective of morphology and analyzes the causes of the popularity of abbreviations in modern society. The study shows that there are similar types of abbreviation formation (direct omission of the original word, extraction and combination, and number abbreviation) in the two languages, while in addition to the English alphabet abbreviations, there are “Pinyin” acronyms in Chinese and Roman alphabet abbreviations in Japanese. This study may be helpful in assisting the learners of two languages to further understand the culture of two countries, so as to better promote cultural exchanges.