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

A corpus based study


Dossier / Travail, 2019

18 Pages, Note: 2,7

Anonyme


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Table of contents

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

Fin de l'extrait de 18 pages

Résumé des informations

Titre
The usage and integration of German loanwords in British and American English. How are different spelling norms applied?
Sous-titre
A corpus based study
Université
University of Bonn
Note
2,7
Année
2019
Pages
18
N° de catalogue
V513754
ISBN (ebook)
9783346095053
ISBN (Livre)
9783346095060
Langue
anglais
Mots clés
German Loanwords, british, microlingustics, American, english, linguistics, Corpus, COCA, BNC
Citation du texte
Anonyme, 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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