English Influence on the Icelandic Lexicon

Authors

  • Guðrún Kvaran Institute of Lexicography, University of Iceland, Reykjavik

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35360/njes.166

Abstract

The study of loanwords has until now not played an important role in Icelandic linguistic research, and only a few articles have been written on foreign influence on modern Icelandic. In the last decades English influence on the language, especially on the vocabulary, has grown considerably, and as a result there has been an increasing interest in loanword studies, and in the roles loanwords have to fulfil to be adapted to the language.

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2004-06-01

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Kvaran, G. (2004). English Influence on the Icelandic Lexicon. Nordic Journal of English Studies, 3(2), 143–152. https://doi.org/10.35360/njes.166

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2004)

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