Two Phenomena in English Loanword Adaptation in Swedish

Anglicisms in Swedish share many common characteristics of anglicisms, and loanwords in general, in other European languages. However, in their adaptation one can note some interesting and peculiar phenomena that are either missing or are much less prominent in other languages. The article discusse...

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Matična publikacija: Studia Romanica et Anglica Zagrabiensia
XLII (1997), str. 5-12
Glavni autor: Antunović, Goranka (-)
Vrsta građe: Članak
Jezik: eng
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