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Studia Romanica et Anglica Zagrabiensia : Revue publiée par les Sections romane, italienne et anglaise de la Faculté des Lettres de l’Université de Zagreb, Vol. 56 No. -, 2011.

Original scientific paper

English Loanwords in French and Italian Daily Newspapers

Dražen Varga
Lidija Orešković Dvorski
Saša Bjelobaba

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Abstract

Linguistic borrowing involving both linguistic and non-linguistic factors continues
to occupy a significant realm of linguistic research. As such, this paper focuses on the
use of English loanwords in French and Italian journalistic texts. Special attention has
been given to the choice of texts to be analysed as it is vital to obtain a high level of
equivalence between topics and genres. In order to encompass a diversity of topics,
the analysis includes those which discuss issues of global relevance, including the
economy, international and European politics, environment technology, etc. Following
an examination of the empirical data, this article contrasts the share of English
elements in both languages at the lexical level of linguistic analysis.

Keywords

loanwords; contrastive analysis; French; Italian; English language; journalistic discourse

Hrčak ID:

101802

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/101802

Publication date:

2.5.2012.

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