Los anglicismos en la lengua española a través de la prensa de la primera mitad del siglo XIX
ISSN: 1139-1146
Year of publication: 2014
Issue: 17
Pages: 221-241
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista de investigación lingüística (RIL)
Abstract
Although Spanish has been influenced by a great deal of different languages along its history, English loanwords are having a great impact in our language since the late 19th century. This study examines the occurrences of anglicisms in a corpus of Spanish newspapers published in the first half of the 19th century. Its aim is to analyze these anglicisms and their main features: typology, semantic domains, frequency of use and their admission in the Spanish Academy Dictionary (DRAE