Globally speaking : motives for adopting English vocabulary in other languages /

Accounts for the motives for contemporary lexical borrowing from English, using a comparative approach and a cross-cultural perspective. This volume investigates the processes involved in the penetration of English vocabulary into new environments and the extent of their integration into twelve lang...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rosenhouse, J., Kowner, Rotem
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Clevedon, UK ; Buffalo [N.Y.] : Multilingual Matters, ©2008.
Colección:Multilingual matters (Series)
Temas:
English language > Influence on foreign languages.
Language and languages > Foreign elements.
English language > Globalization.
Language and languages > Foreign words and phrases.
Anglais (Langue) > Influence sur les autres langues.
Emprunts (Linguistique)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
Language and languages > Foreign words and phrases
English language > Globalization
English language > Influence on foreign languages
Language and languages > Foreign elements
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Accounts for the motives for contemporary lexical borrowing from English, using a comparative approach and a cross-cultural perspective. This volume investigates the processes involved in the penetration of English vocabulary into new environments and the extent of their integration into twelve languages representing several language families.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 337 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-325) and index.
ISBN:9781847690524
1847690521
6611878424
9786611878429
1783091533
9781783091539
1281878421
9781281878427

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