Book contents
- English in the German-Speaking World
- Studies in English Language
- English in the German-Speaking World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 English in the German-Speaking World: The Nature and Scale of Language Influence
- I The Status of English
- II The Transmission of English
- III Domains and Features of English
- Chapter 8 Anglophone Practices in Berlin: From Historical Evidence to Transnational Communities
- Chapter 9 English in the German-Speaking World: Immigration and Integration
- Chapter 10 Processes of Language Contact in English Influence on German
- Chapter 11 Persistent Features in the English of German Speakers
- Chapter 12 Compiling a Speech Corpus of German English: Rhoticity and the BATH Vowel
- Chapter 13 A Question of Direction: German Influence on English
- IV Beyond Germany
- Index
- References
Chapter 13 - A Question of Direction: German Influence on English
from III - Domains and Features of English
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Book contents
- English in the German-Speaking World
- Studies in English Language
- English in the German-Speaking World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 English in the German-Speaking World: The Nature and Scale of Language Influence
- I The Status of English
- II The Transmission of English
- III Domains and Features of English
- Chapter 8 Anglophone Practices in Berlin: From Historical Evidence to Transnational Communities
- Chapter 9 English in the German-Speaking World: Immigration and Integration
- Chapter 10 Processes of Language Contact in English Influence on German
- Chapter 11 Persistent Features in the English of German Speakers
- Chapter 12 Compiling a Speech Corpus of German English: Rhoticity and the BATH Vowel
- Chapter 13 A Question of Direction: German Influence on English
- IV Beyond Germany
- Index
- References
Summary
Many studies written before the publication of Pfeffer’s (1987) book Deutsches Sprachgut im Wortschatz der Amerikaner und Engländer ‘German elements in the vocabulary of the Americans and the English’ concluded that German constituted a fairly minor donor of words and meanings throughout the centuries. The German borrowings were assumed to be scarce, and most of them were categorized as technical terms only known to the specialist. After the release of Pfeffer’s (1987) work, which includes more than 3,000 German words taken over into English since 1500, a number of authors of former surveys had to revise their findings.
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