The Attitudes Towards Anglicisms in German. A Survey Analysis Focussing on Age-related Differences
The Attitudes Towards Anglicisms in German. A Survey Analysis Focussing on Age-related Differences

Author: Nico Röhrs

Publisher:

Published: 2021-01-03

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9783346338945

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Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, University of Bremen, language: English, abstract: This paper is concerned with the subject of anglicisms. Anglicisms are lexical items, which are transferred into our everyday language use. They are surrounded by a constant debate about their necessity. While linguists mostly appreciate their advantages, linguistic purists regard them as a threat and try to remove or limit them. Through analyzing a survey, this study presents the attitudes towards anglicisms in German. Thereby, the influence the participants' age has on their attitudes is especially focused on. After setting the scene by giving an overview about already existing research on the spread of English, anglicisms in German and linguistic purism, the survey analysis shows that older generations' attitudes towards anglicisms tend to be more negative. As the paper focused on the social characteristic 'Age', future studies could discuss the influence class affiliation or education has on the attitudes towards anglicisms.

Anglicisms in Europe
Anglicisms in Europe

Author: Roswitha Fischer

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2010-09-13

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1443825182

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The present volume deals with 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 with psychological, social, political and cultural issues, tracing relationships and differences between the respective research interests and findings. Its aim is to put the influx of anglicisms into languages other than English into a wide perspective encompassing the European heterogeneity of cultures, traditions and developments. The volume is divided into four parts, which reflect the particular foci of interest in the recent research on anglicisms in the languages of Europe: I. 'Cognitive and Semantic Approaches to Anglicisms', comprising articles that deal with the cognitive, communicative and semantic motivation for contact-induced innovation; II. 'Attitudes Towards the Influx of Anglicisms', with contributions about various national attitudes towards anglicisms and their reflection in the respective languages; III. 'The Use of Anglicisms in Specialized Discourse', with articles focussing on particular practices and domains such as business, sports, the sciences, and on language varieties used in communication within particular subcultures; and IV. 'Anglicisms in Dictionaries', comprising articles that deal with the existing dictionaries of anglicisms in European languages and provide a future-oriented perspective by making suggestions and recommendations regarding future lexicographic works.

The attitudes towards anglicisms in German. A survey analysis focussing on age-related differences
The attitudes towards anglicisms in German. A survey analysis focussing on age-related differences

Author: Nico Röhrs

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2021-02-02

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 3346338932

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Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, University of Bremen, language: English, abstract: This paper is concerned with the subject of anglicisms. Anglicisms are lexical items, which are transferred into our everyday language use. They are surrounded by a constant debate about their necessity. While linguists mostly appreciate their advantages, linguistic purists regard them as a threat and try to remove or limit them. Through analyzing a survey, this study presents the attitudes towards anglicisms in German. Thereby, the influence the participants’ age has on their attitudes is especially focused on. After setting the scene by giving an overview about already existing research on the spread of English, anglicisms in German and linguistic purism, the survey analysis shows that older generations’ attitudes towards anglicisms tend to be more negative. As the paper focused on the social characteristic ‘Age’, future studies could discuss the influence class affiliation or education has on the attitudes towards anglicisms.

English in the German-speaking World
English in the German-speaking World

Author: Raymond Hickey

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-12-05

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 1108488099

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A collection of studies on the role of English in German-speaking countries, covering a broad range of topics.

Cognitive Sociolinguistics
Cognitive Sociolinguistics

Author: Gitte Kristiansen

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2008-11-06

Total Pages: 557

ISBN-13: 3110199157

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A union of Cognitive Linguistics and Sociolinguistics was bound to happen. Both proclaim a usage-based approach to language and aim to analyse actual language use in objective ways. Whereas Sociolinguistics is by nature on the outlook for language in its variety, CL can no longer afford to ignore social variation in language as it manifests itself in the usage data. Nor can it fail to adopt an empirical methodology that reflects variation as it actually occurs, beyond the limited knowledge of the individual observer. Conversely, while CL can only benefit from a heightened sensitivity to social aspects, the rich, bottom-up theoretical framework it has developed is likely to contribute to a much better understanding of the meaning of variationist phenomena. The volume brings together fifteen chapters written by prominent scholars testifying of rich empirical and theoretizing research into the social aspects of language variation. Taking a broad view on Cognitive Sociolinguistics, the volume covers three main areas: corpus-based research on language variation, cognitive cultural models, and the ideologies of sociopolitical and socio-economic systems.

Anglicisms in German
Anglicisms in German

Author: Alexander Onysko

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9783110199468

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Offers a detailed account of the influence of English in German based on a large scale corpus analysis of the newsmagazine "Der Spiegel". This book presents a study that is structured into three parts, each of which deals with fundamental questions and as of yet unsolved and disputed issues in the domain of anglicism research and language contact.

English in Europe
English in Europe

Author: Manfred Görlach

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2002-05-23

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 0191580694

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English in Europe charts the English invasion of Europe since 1945. Sixteen distinguished European scholars report on the English words and phrases that have become integral parts of their languages. Each describes the effect of English on the host language, and shows how the process of incorporation often modifies pronunciation and spelling and frequently transforms meaning and use. The languages surveyed are Icelandic, Dutch, French, Spanish, Norwegian, German, Italian, Romanian, Polish, Croatian, Finnish, Albanian, Russian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, and Greek. The book is designed as a companion to A Dictionary of European Anglicisms but may be read as an independent work. This is the first systematic survey of a phenomenon that is fascinating, alarming, and apparently unstoppable.

World Englishes
World Englishes

Author: Jennifer Jenkins

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780415258050

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Assuming no prior knowledge, this book offers an accessible overview of English dialects, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries & key readings. It is structured around four sections: introduction, development, exploration & extension.

Swearing Is Good for You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language
Swearing Is Good for You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language

Author: Emma Byrne

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2018-01-23

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1324000295

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"Entertaining and thought-provoking…Byrne’s enthusiasm for her esoteric subject is contagious, damn it." —Melissa Dahl, New York Times Book Review In this sparkling debut work of popular science, Emma Byrne examines the latest research to show how swearing can be good for you. She explores every angle of swearing—why we do it, how we do it, and what it tells us about ourselves. Packed with the results of unlikely and often hilarious scientific studies—from the “ice-bucket test” for coping with pain, to the connection between Tourette’s and swearing, to a chimpanzee that curses at her handler in sign language—Swearing Is Good for You presents a lighthearted but convincing case for the foulmouthed.