The Cultural and Linguistic Context of English in West Germany.

Berns, Margie

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Publication Date: 1988

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The Cultural and Linguistic Context of English in West Germany.

Berns, Margie

World Englishes, v7 n1 p37-49 Spr 1988

Considers the linguistic creativity of West German users of English and their particular variety of English, its forms and functions, processes of nativization, the borrowing process, and West Germans' attitudes toward English, and highlights the unique social, cultural and linguistic role English plays in the German context. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, German, Language Attitudes, Language Role, Language Variation, Linguistic Borrowing, Regional Dialects, Sociolinguistics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: West Germany

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