Being a type of ideographic language, Chinese characters are known for its close connection between forms and meanings. Proficient Chinese users are subconsciously prone to relate the meaning of a character to its form. This kind of mentality is believed to serve as a bridge between the form and its meaning when it comes to choosing the right characters for those loanwords from English, making them more intelligent to native speakers of Chinese. Those assimilated loanwords greatly enrich Chinese language and promote its expressive ability. This preference of nativization is definitely a tendency of language assimilation in the future.
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