Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ259823
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Dec
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Anglo-Americanisms in the French Sporting Vocabulary.
Rosoff, Gary H.
Foreign Language Annals, v14 n5 p403-06 Dec 1981
Singles out sports as the area where the influence of Anglo-American culture on the French language has been most pronounced, illustrating the means by which these exchanges have taken place over the years. In particular, discusses the changes in meaning, form, and function that loan words have undergone in the process. (Author/MES)
Descriptors: Athletics, English, French, History, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Lexicology, Linguistic Borrowing, Sociocultural Patterns, Vocabulary
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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