A Dictionary of European Anglicisms documents the spread of English
in Europe. It provides the first exhaustive and up-to-date account
of British and American English words that have been imported into
the main languages of Europe. English, which imported thousands of
words from French and Latin (mainly after 1066), is now by far the
world's biggest lexical exporter, and the trade is growing as
English continues to dominate various fields ranging from pop music
to electronic communication. Several countries have monitored the
inflow of anglicisms and some have tried to block it. But language,
as lexicographers have always found and as this book demonstrates
once more, respects neither boundary nor law. The dictionary not
only shows which words have been exported where, but how the
process of importation can change a word's form and function,
sometimes subtly, at others remarkably as in the transformation of
painkiller to Bulgarian 'jack of all trades'. The book provides a
systematic description of the lexical input of English into
Icelandic, Norwegian, Dutch, German, Russian, Polish, Croatian,
Bulgarian, French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Finnish, Hungarian,
Albanian, and Greek. Each entry has a brief definition of the loan
word, followed by information on its history and distribution;
variations in its spelling, meaning, and pronunciation; its route
of transmission if not direct from English; its degree of
acceptance and usage restrictions; and its native equivalents and
derivatives. Grids showing distribution patterns across Europe
accompany many of the entries. The Dictionary of European
Anglicisms is a scholarly tour de force [French: imported early
nineteenth century] and the result of a prodigious research effort
across Europe masterminded and directed by Manfred Gorlach. It is a
unique resource for comparative analysis and the study of
linguistic variation and change. It will fascinate linguists and
word-watchers of all persuasions.
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