New Perspectives on Lexical Borrowing : : Onomasiological, Methodological and Phraseological Innovations / / ed. by Eline Zenner, Gitte Kristiansen.

This volume aims to broaden the focus of existing loanword research, which has mainly been conducted from a systemic and structuralist perspective. The eight studies in this volume introduce onomasiological, phraseological, and methodological innovations to the study of lexical borrowing. These new...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
MitwirkendeR:
HerausgeberIn:
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2013]
©2014
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB] , 7
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (252 p.)
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Other title:Frontmatter --
Table of contents --
Introduction: Onomasiological, methodological and phraseological perspectives on lexical borrowing --
A usage-based approach to borrowability --
What makes a catchphrase catchy? Possible determinants in the borrowability of English catchphrases in Dutch --
Formal variance and semantic changes in borrowing: Integrating semasiology and onomasiology --
Measuring and comparing the use and success of loanwords in Portugal and Brazil: A corpus-based and concept-based sociolectometrical approach --
Comparing the usage of Māori loans in spoken and written New Zealand English: A case study of Maori, Pakeha, and Kiwi --
English loanwords and their counterparts in Dutch job advertisements: An experimental study in association overlap --
On the variation of gender in nominal language mixings --
Linguistic globalization: Experiences from the Nordic laboratory --
Index
Summary:This volume aims to broaden the focus of existing loanword research, which has mainly been conducted from a systemic and structuralist perspective. The eight studies in this volume introduce onomasiological, phraseological, and methodological innovations to the study of lexical borrowing. These new perspectives significantly enhance our understanding of lexical borrowing and provide new insights into contact-induced variation and change.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781614514305
9783110238570
9783110238457
9783110636970
9783110742961
9783110317350
9783110317244
9783110317237
ISSN:2190-698X ;
DOI:10.1515/9781614514305
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Eline Zenner, Gitte Kristiansen.