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The Role of Anglicisms in the German Language
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Barbe, Katharina – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2004
There is no question that English, and especially American English, enjoys high prestige among German speakers. This popularity resulted in a growing importation of English loans into German. The influence is decidedly asymmetrical. In this article, the author discusses the English language's influence on German, covering: (1) a brief history of…
Descriptors: German, North American English, English, Linguistic Borrowing
The Translation of Loans: Anglicisms in German.
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Barbe, Katharina – Perspectives: Studies in Translatology, 1994
Discusses the existence of anglicisms in German as a problem for the practice and teaching of translation, in which attention must be paid to the status of loans in the German linguistic and social system. Offers an approach to the translation of transparent anglicisms and proposes a method of translation. (SR)
Descriptors: German, Higher Education, Language Patterns, Language Research