English Borrowings in German Newspaper Language: Motivations, Frequencies, and Types, on the basis of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Muenchner Merkur, and Bild.
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2005
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Abstract
This study examines three online German newspapers to investigate the
frequency of English words, patterns in the types of borrowings, and
motivations behind their use. The paper first examines possible types of
borrowings from English, historical reasons for the borrowing from
English, and stylistic aspects to the usage of English in press language.
Next, it presents previous research on the topic and describes the
objectives and procedures of this study. It then proceeds to the results of
the study and discusses the main questions that this study tries to
answer: (1) How does the research data support the stylistic motivations
for the borrowing of English words put forward by Galinsky and
Pfitzner? (2) How does the frequency of English borrowings vary in
different newspapers? (3) How does the frequency of English
borrowings vary in different genres of news? (4) Using Carstensen's
categories of vocabulary borrowings, what types of English words are
borrowed? (5) What grammatical types do the borrowed English words
belong to? (6) Among the English borrowings, which words occur the
most frequently? (7) How do the results compare to previous studies on
the topic? The paper closes by providing some limitations to the study
and suggesting possible improvements.