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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809913103321

Titolo

A dictionary of European anglicisms : a usage dictionary of anglicisms in sixteen selected European languages / / edited by Manfred Görlach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

9786611345976

1-281-34597-0

0-19-153617-2

1-4356-1011-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (379 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GörlachManfred

Disciplina

413/.21

413.1

Soggetti

Language and languages

Europe Languages Foreign words and phrases English Dictionaries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

A Dictionary of European Anglicisms; Contents; Map of the Languages Covered; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Abbreviations and Symbols used in the Dictionary; Introduction; Aims and Restrictions; Data Collection; The Compilation of the Entries; Using this Dictionary

Sommario/riassunto

The first dictionary of its kind to provide an exhaustive comparative treatment of the influence of English on other European languages. Covering sixteen selected languages from different language families, entries consist of words which are recognizably English in form and which appear in at least one of the languages tested. Entries comprise of a brief definition, followed by a summary paragraph containing a wealth of historical and linguistic information. Many entries are also. accompanied by a grid summarizing the distribution of the word across Europe. - ;A Dictionary of European Anglicis