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Anglicisms in Europe : linguistic diversity in a global context / edited by Roswitha Fischer and Hanna Puaczewska.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Fischer, Roswitha.
Pulaczewska, Hanna.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English language--Influence on foreign languages--Congresses.
English language.
Europe--Languages--Foreign words and phrases--English--Congresses.
Europe.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (355 p.)
Place of Publication:
Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2008.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The present volume deals Other the influence of the English lexis on other European languages in various fields of discourse, social attitudes towards this phenomenon and its reflections in recent lexicographical work. It contains some of the papers read at the conference Anglicisms in Europe 2006, which took place at the University of Regensburg, Germany. It links linguistic aspects Other psychological, social, political and cultural issues, tracing relationships and differences between the re...
Contents:
pt. I. Cognitive and semantic approaches to anglicisms
pt. II. Attitudes towards the influx of anglicisms
pt. III. The use of anglicisms in specialized discourse
pt. IV. Anglicisms in dictionaries.
Notes:
Selected conference papers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
ISBN:
9786612776984
1-4438-2518-2
1-282-77698-3
OCLC:
821179607

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