Anglizismen-Worterbuch: Der Einfluss des Englischen auf den deutschen Wortschatz nach 1945. Vol. III: P-Z

Stanforth, A. W.; Carstensen, Broder; Busse, Ulrich

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“…After transcribing the spoken parts of the corpus, a quantitative analysis of anglicisms in the radio corpus was carried out. By using several reference works such as the Anglizismen Wörterbuch (Carstensen & Busse, 1993-6), the OED Online, the Duden Herkunftswörterbuch (2014) and the Duden Fremdwörterbuch (2015) and conducting a synchronic analysis of the phonological and graphemic salience of anglicisms (Onysko, 2007), anglicisms were detected and counted in the radio corpus of 202,000 tokens. Overall, the corpus contained 3174 anglicisms (1.57 per cent).…”

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Stylistic functions of anglicisms in German radio

Schaefer

2024

English Today

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Although English has no official status in countries of the expanding circle such as Germany (Kachru, 1985), English words and phrases, which are also referred to as anglicisms, can often be found in German mass media texts (Czech Rogoyska & Zboch, 2016; Fiedler, 2022; Glahn, 2002; Knospe, 2014; Onysko, 2004, 2007). In this context, previous research has paid much attention to the stylistic functions of anglicisms used by the mass media, often analysing brevity of expression and pragmatic functions of anglicisms, in particular how anglicisms are used to convey modernity (amongst others Piller, 2001; Winter–Froemel, Onysko & Calude, 2014). While such studies are usually exclusively based on analyses of German media corpora, this article enhances the current discourse on the developments around stylistic functions of English in German media texts by providing some insights from a larger research project which investigates shaping factors on radio content production and radio journalists’ perspectives on the use of anglicisms in the newsroom. In line with the overall results of the larger project, the analysis presented in this paper provides a brief overview of selected interview statements by adult contemporary radio journalists on whether anglicisms are used for reasons of brevity of expression and on their attitudes towards the use of English for conveying modernity on radio. The format of adult contemporary radio in Germany, in particular, has had a strong connection to the English language and Anglo-American culture from its very beginning, which makes it a prime example for such an analysis.

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Stylistic functions of anglicisms in German radio

Schaefer

2024

English Today

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“…All these developments have been well documented in their full historical, cultural and linguistic complexity in numerous studies (Eichinger, 2014;Göttert, 2013;Mair, 2018;Trabant, 2000). The public debate on English, especially in outlets with mass appeal, unfortunately lags behind because of a fixation on the relatively narrow topic of Anglicisms, lexical borrowings from English into German (Carstensen & Busse, 2011;Görlach, 2001Görlach, , 2002Onysko, 2020;Spitzmüller, 2005).…”

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English in Germany as a foreign language and as a lingua franca

Mair

2024

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The massive expansion of English in Germany over the past few decades has not challenged a robustly exonormative orientation, which still by and large recognises standardised British and American English as the most authentic and prestigious representations of the language. Attitudes to the use of English in the national context are diverse, ranging from enthusiastic embracement via grudging acceptance to active resistance. This diversity of opinion reflects the fact that English is currently transitioning from a foreign language (EFL) to a lingua franca (ELF). On the national scale, ELF use is promoted in business, academia and, more generally, among young and well‐educated Germans with an international orientation, but deeply resented by sectors of society. This paper argues that English (in its lingua franca function) has become the only language other than German that has open prestige. The task ahead will be to develop strategies of intelligent multilingualism that will help to ‘domesticate’ English in the national sociolinguistic context.

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Anglizismen-Worterbuch: Der Einfluss des Englischen auf den deutschen Wortschatz nach 1945. Vol. III: P-Z

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Stylistic functions of anglicisms in German radio

Stylistic functions of anglicisms in German radio

English in Germany as a foreign language and as a lingua franca

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