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The Anglicisation of word formations: cross-linguistic blends in Spanish

What do they tell us about the state of English as an international language?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 December 2016

Amanda Roig-Marín
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Whereas the influence of English in form of Anglicisms has attracted considerable attention, little has been written on how English is interacting with autochthonous word-formation processes in modern languages. The present paper attempts to shed some light on a phenomenon that has been very recently attested in Spanish: the coinage of blend words involving overlap and combination of material from both English and the recipient language (in this case Spanish). I argue that these ad hoc words give us important insights into the state and status of English in what Kachru (1982) called the ‘Expanding Circle’.

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English Today , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , December 2017 , pp. 50 - 56
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