The Influence of English on Italian(English, Electronic book text, Pulcini Virginia)

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The Influence of English on Italian(English, Electronic book text, Pulcini Virginia) is written by Pulcini Virginia and published by De Gruyter. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3110755114 (ISBN 10) and 9783110755114 (ISBN 13).

The volume explores the history of language contact between Italy and Anglophone countries and illustrates the phenomenon of lexical borrowing. Types of English-induced borrowings are presented on the basis of quantitative and qualitative information provided by Italian lexicographic sources and corpus-based evidence. Criteria of currency and frequency are discussed with reference to a multilingual project (GLAD - Global Anglicism Database), offering a contribution to loanword lexicography. The book is addressed to scholars and non-experts interested in the input of English borrowings into Italian.