New perspectives on lexical borrowing : onomasiological, methodological and phraseological innovations / edited by Eline Zenner and Gitte Kristiansen. - 1 online resource (258 pages) : illustrations. - Language contact and bilingualism, volume 7 2190-698X ; . - Language contact and bilingualism ; 7. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Onomasiological, methodological and phraseological perspectives on lexical borrowing / Eline Zenner and Gitte Kristiansen -- A usage-based approach to borrowability / Ad Backus -- What makes a catchphrase catchy? : possible determinants in the borrowability of English catchphrases in Dutch / Eline Zenner, Dirk Speelman and Dirk Geeraerts -- Formal variance and semantic changes in borrowing : integrating semasiology and onomasiology / Esme Winter-Froemel -- Measuring and comparing the use and success of loanwords in Portugal and Brazil : a corpus-based and concept-based sociolectometrical approach / Augusto Soares da Silva -- Comparing the usage of Maori loans in spoken and written New Zealand English : a case study of Maori, Pakeha, and Kiwi / Alexander Onysko and Andreea Calude -- English loanwords and their counterparts in Dutch job advertisements : an experimental study in association overlap / Frank van Meurs, Jos Hornikx and Gerben Bossenbroek -- On the variation of gender in nominal language mixings / Astrid Rothe -- Linguistic globalisation : experiences from the Nordic laboratory / Helge Sandøy.

9781614514305 (e-book)


Language and languages--Foreign words and phrases.
Language and culture--Globalization.


Electronic books.

P40.5.L54 / N49 2014eb

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