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Echoes of English - Anglicisms in Minor Speech Communities - with Special Focus on Danish and Afrikaans (Hardcover, New edition)
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Echoes of English - Anglicisms in Minor Speech Communities - with Special Focus on Danish and Afrikaans (Hardcover, New edition)
Series: Text - Meaning - Context: Cracow Studies in English Language, Literature and Culture, 15
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In today's world, the English language exerts an unprecedented
influence internationally, and its echoes are present in almost all
languages. These echoes, also known as Anglicisms, are no longer
limited to English-sounding loanwords. The English impact includes
a wide range of linguistic phenomena, all of which are discussed in
this book, presenting a taxonomy accommodating all types of
linguistic outcome of contact with English. While the outlook
remains international, the focus is on Danish and Afrikaans, two
Germanic languages spoken in societies with very different
histories involving English. A number of chapters present
diachronic corpus studies showing that the English influence on
Danish in the 21st century resembles the impact felt by Afrikaans
speakers already in the 20th century. "The book is highly original
and differs markedly from other works on Anglicisms. For instance,
the author takes advantage of his knowledge of the field of
translation studies to write a thought-provoking chapter on
translation (including subtitling and dubbing) as a vector for
English influence. The initial chapters give the state of the art
in studies on Anglicisms on the world stage (not just for Danish),
drawing on the work of many scholars, expressed in a multitude of
languages. The argumentation of the book is based on hands-on
research, much of which was carried out by the author himself. The
style is an excellent compromise: a measured, authoritative
language with a bright conversational lift. It will appeal to both
students and a broader readership." John Humbley, Professor
emeritus, Universite Paris Diderot
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