Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / American and English Borrowings in Russian: Blurring Ethnosocial Boundaries

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2012 5 (4)
Authors
Verenich, Tatyana K.; Kruglikova, Elena A.
Contact information
Verenich, Tatyana K. : Siberian Federal University , 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041 Russia , e-mail: ; Kruglikova, Elena A. : Siberian Federal University , 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041 Russia , e-mail:
Keywords
borrowing; target and source language; assimilation; adoption of cultural values
Abstract

The paper presents the results of experimental method further compared with the information depicted in the dictionaries to account for the linguistic and socio-linguistic profile of English borrowings in Russian. The case of four borrowed words suggests that natural ethnical, social and cultural differences incorporated in their semantics are leveling due to the changing societal attitudes towards the elements of the western culture.

Pages
535-542
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/2834

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