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The use of English lexical items in German legal writings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2008

Margie Berns  and
Helmut Heil
Margie Berns
Affiliation:
Purdue University(Indiana)West Lafayette, IN 47907
Helmut Heil
Affiliation:
Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany, European Communities Brussels, Belgium
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Abstract

This article reports on a study of the extent and nature of the use of English loanwords in the writing of German legal professionals. A variety of texts are examined, showing that although the use of English loans is limited, their use across texts is essential for serving various pragmatic functions. The study demonstrates the value of systematic genre-based studies in contributing to a general description of English loan use among speakers of German.

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Journal of Germanic Linguistics , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , July 1994 , pp. 175 - 198
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Copyright © Society for Germanic Linguistics 1994

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