Entlehnung oder Codeswitching: Sprachmischungen mit dem Englischen im deutschen Printjournalismus, 2014, 340 pages, written by Sebastian Knospe

Stylistic functions of anglicisms in German radio

“…Although English has no official status in countries of the expanding circle such as Germany (Kachru, 1985), English words and phrases, which are also referred to as anglicisms, can often be found in German mass media texts (Czech Rogoyska & Zboch, 2016;Fiedler, 2022;Glahn, 2002;Knospe, 2014;Onysko, 2004Onysko, , 2007. In this context, previous research has paid much attention to the stylistic functions of anglicisms used by the mass media, often analysing brevity of expression and pragmatic functions of anglicisms, in particular how anglicisms are used to convey modernity (amongst others Piller, 2001;Winter-Froemel, Onysko & Calude, 2014).…”