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Peer reviewedRosoff, Gary H. – Foreign Language Annals, 1981
Singles out sports as the area where the influence of Anglo-American culture on the French language has been most pronounced, illustrating the means by which these exchanges have taken place over the years. In particular, discusses the changes in meaning, form, and function that loan words have undergone in the process. (Author/MES)
Descriptors: Athletics, English, French, History
