englishstudent- re America : americanize; China - ?

[Tdol]

Englishstudent, I read the first post with this question that asked to delete the thread, which I did, but then when I opened the second, I couldn't reply for some reason as it didn't have the buttons there for some reasons. I looked around and the terms that seem to be used are 'Chinafication' or 'Sinification', though 'Chinafication' is still in its infancy and often comes in inverted commas. I think that is more about the sound than a rule- Sinifiaction runs off the tongue better than Chinarize.

Original post:

the -ise/-ize discussion in another thread made
be think about this:

America : americanize
China : ?

Would it still be -ize, or would it have to be something
like -ify/-ification? I mean, sinification or something close?
I would like to know if there is a rule.

[englishstudent]

Englishstudent, I read the first post with this question that asked to delete the thread, which I did, but then when I opened the second, I couldn't reply for some reason as it didn't have the buttons there for some reasons. I looked around and the terms that seem to be used are 'Chinafication' or 'Sinification', though 'Chinafication' is still in its infancy and often comes in inverted commas. I think that is more about the sound than a rule- Sinifiaction runs off the tongue better than Chinarize.

Original post:

the -ise/-ize discussion in another thread made
be think about this:

America : americanize
China : ?

Would it still be -ize, or would it have to be something
like -ify/-ification? I mean, sinification or something close?
I would like to know if there is a rule.

Yeeah! I got it right (Sinification) without searching on the Internet.
Damn, I am good! (just kidding)
Do you use this expression in UK?

[Tdol]

I think that 'Sinification' carries political baggage, so the economic and social implications of the rise of China may well become 'Chinafication'.

[englishstudent]

Oh ..

[PINKGREAT]

It's so simple! If we look at word 'Americanize' closely, we will see it's stem 'American' which means 'regarding to people of America' plus form -ize. So we can make derivative 'Chinesize' using stem 'Chinese' + -ize like in an example with American+ize.

I guess it helped

[Tdol]

It's not always that simple- not all countries follow the same pattern. Some have two forms:
Definition of Russify - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Sinification already exists in dictionaries, so it will become clearer as the Chinese influence grows which form takes off.