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Publication details [#11876]

Barbour, Stephen. 2005. Contemporary English influence on German: a perspective from linguistics. In Anderman, Gunilla and Margaret Rogers, eds. In and out of English: for better, for worse? (Translating Europe). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. pp. 153–160.

Publication type

Article in jnl/bk

Publication language

English

Keywords

Anglicism | influence=impact=effect | lexicon | linguistic approach=linguistics

Abstract

There is a widespread perception that contemporary German is subject to intense influence from English. There is also a consensus that this consists of a large number of 'English words' entering the language. The present article attempts to provide an answer to the question whether the English influence of the German lexicon poses a threat to the German language.

Source : P. Van Mulken