<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The main aim of the study is to quantitatively scrutinize the borrowability of IT-related English words in Die Welt and Der Spiegel, as far as the proportion of nouns, verbs, and adjectives is concerned. The purpose of this study is to establish the most and the least frequently borrowed parts of speech and arrive at certain general tendencies governing the transfer of the most popular word class within the field of IT. The study covers an excerpt from authors’ research on IT-related anglicisms carried out in 2016, and may serve as a basis for further investigation, since the development of ICT will always necessitate new names for concepts. Therefore, it is by all means prudent and instructive to delve into the rationale behind the way anglicisms permeate into the German language. The study also constitutes a synchronic look at a given stage of the evolution of the German language.</p></abstract>

The main aim of the study is to quantitatively scrutinize the borrowability of IT-related English words in Die Welt and Der Spiegel, as far as the proportion of nouns, verbs, and adjectives is concerned. The purpose of this study is to establish the most and the least frequently borrowed parts of speech and arrive at certain general tendencies governing the transfer of the most popular word class within the field of IT. The study covers an excerpt from authors’ research on IT-related anglicisms carried out in 2016, and may serve as a basis for further investigation, since the development of ICT will always necessitate new names for concepts. Therefore, it is by all means prudent and instructive to delve into the rationale behind the way anglicisms permeate into the German language. The study also constitutes a synchronic look at a given stage of the evolution of the German language.

IT-Related Anglicisms in <italic>Die Welt</italic> and <italic>Der Spiegel</italic>: A Quantitative Distribution of Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives

MA. PhD student in the field of Linguistics. German language teacher at the

University of Rzeszów and University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów

MA. PhD student in the field of Linguistics. English language teacher at the

Social Communication

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The main aim of the study is to quantitatively scrutinize the borrowability of IT-related English words in Die Welt and Der Spiegel, as far as the proportion...

IT-Related Anglicisms in Die Welt and Der Spiegel: A Quantitative Distribution of Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives

Published Online: Feb 14, 2019

Page range: 52 - 58

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sc-2018-0014

Keywords
Anglicism, German, English, der Spiegel, die Welt, IT, Technology

© 2018 Agnieszka Czech-Rogoyska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

IT-Related Anglicisms in Die Welt and Der Spiegel: A Quantitative Distribution of Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives

Published Online: Feb 14, 2019

Page range: 52 - 58

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sc-2018-0014

KeywordsAnglicism, German, English, der Spiegel, die Welt, IT, Technology

© 2018 Agnieszka Czech-Rogoyska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Anglicism, German, English, der Spiegel, die Welt, IT, Technology