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The usage and integration of German loanwords in British and American English. How are different spelling norms applied?

Name: The usage and integration of German loanwords in British and American English. How are different spelling norms applied?
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Author: Anonym
ISBN: 9783346095060

A corpus based study

Term Paper, 2019

18 Pages, Grade: 2,7

Anonymous

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1 Introduction

2 Theoretical Background
2.1 The definition of the term ”loanword”
2.2 History of German loanwords
2.3 Typical orthographical modifications of loanwords
2.4 Chosen loanwords and expectations

3 Methodology
3.1 Oxford English Dictionary
3.2 Corpora
3.3 Limitations of the research design

4 Results
4.1 Synchronic spelling differences of the chosen loanwords
4.2 Frequency of loanword spelling variations comparing AmE with BrE
4.3 Different phonemes and orthographical changes in AmE and BrE compared
to German
4.4 Other abnormalities

5 Discussion
5.1 Synchronic spelling differences comparing BrE and AmE
5.2 English spelling compared to German spelling
5.3 Differences in categories

6 Conclusion

References

Appendices

Appendix 1: Table 5: Raw frequency spelling results of the loanwords

Appendix 2: Search strings for BNC and COCA

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Title: The usage and integration of German loanwords in British and American English. How are different spelling norms applied?
Subtitle: A corpus based study
College: University of Bonn
Grade: 2,7
Year: 2019
Pages: 18
Catalog Number: V513754
ISBN (eBook): 9783346095053
ISBN (Book): 9783346095060
Language: English
Keywords: German Loanwords, british, microlingustics, American, english, linguistics, Corpus, COCA, BNC

Quote paper: Anonymous, 2019, The usage and integration of German loanwords in British and American English. How are different spelling norms applied?, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/513754

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