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The Influence of English on Italian - Lexical and Cultural Features (Hardcover)
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The Influence of English on Italian - Lexical and Cultural Features (Hardcover)
Series: Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB]
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The volume offers an up-to-date overview of the influence of
English on Italian, bringing together the linguistic and the
cultural dimensions. The history of language contact between Italy
and Anglo-American societies is the basis for understanding lexical
borrowing and for identifying the domains of vocabulary more
intensely affected in time. Drawing on previous research and on
existing lexicographic evidence, this book presents a typology of
borrowings based on a new, usage-based word list of Italian
Anglicisms which is part of a larger multilingual project (GLAD -
Global Anglicism Database). The topics covered are the number of
Anglicisms in Italian, their frequency in specialist fields and
registers, the blurred area between borrowing and the circulation
of international vocabulary, luxury loans and casuals. The book
rounds up with the cultural debate on English-only education, which
has recently stirred purist concerns, marking an attitudinal shift
of Italian from an 'open' to a 'protectionist' language towards
exogenous influences. This book is addressed primarily to scholars
and university students, but also to a lay audience of non-experts,
interested in the linguistic and cultural contacts between English
and Italian.
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