Types of Adaptation of German Loanwords in the Social Discourse of the Norwegian Language (on the Material from Public Digital Sources)
https://doi.org/10.32603/2412-8562-2022-8-3-105-116
Abstract
Introduction. The article is a fragment of the research dedicated to the analysis of the German loanwords in the Norwegian language. The adaptation types of German borrowings are considered. The adaptation process is analyzed at the phonetic, morphological, and semantic levels of the language.
Methodology and sources. The research material are the texts from the official websites of the Norwegian cities (Oslo, Trondheim, Bergen, Tromsø and Sandvika). We used descriptive and comparative methods of research and elements of quantitative methods.
Results and discussion. Altogether we analyzed more than 50 articles published on the official webpages of the cities. Using the method of quantitative calculation, we extracted 60 most common German loanwords in these texts for analysis. The total number of words in these articles amounts to 60 524. We analyzed the texts written in the period from 2016 to 2021.
Conclusion. German loans are frequently used in the social sphere of the modern Norwegian language. That’s why we can conclude that despite the increase in the number of English loan-words in the Norwegian language, social discourse is still influenced by German.
About the Author
M. V. Grinchel
Saint Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anna-Maria V. Grinchel – Master (Linguistics) (2020). Area of expertise: language contacts, borrowings in the Norwegian language, interlingual and intercultural interference.
11 University emb., St Petersburg 199034
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Grinchel M.V. Types of Adaptation of German Loanwords in the Social Discourse of the Norwegian Language (on the Material from Public Digital Sources). Discourse. 2022;8(3):105-116. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32603/2412-8562-2022-8-3-105-116
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