Publications

Publication details [#58994]

Vessey, Rachelle. 2014. Borrowed words, mock language and nationalism in Canada. Language and Intercultural Communication 14 (2) : 176–190.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

borrowing | language use | mocking | nationalism | newspaper report

Language as a subject

English, Canadian | French, Canadian

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This crosslinguistic corpus analysis uses English and French examples of borrowed words in Canadian newspapers, to discuss ensuing mock language and nationalist issues, as languages here function both as border markers, and national group icons.