Naslov
Impact of English on Croatian as seen through the eyes of Croatian university students

Autori
Drljača Margić, Branka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Skup
Languages, Literatures and Cultures in Contact: English and American Studies in the Age of Global Communication Conference

Mjesto i datum
Kraków, Poljska, 27.04.2011. - 29.04.2011

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
anglicisms ; attitudes ; students

Sažetak
Attitudes of the public towards the influence of English on their respective languages have been investigated for years in a large number of linguistic communities (e.g. Hyrkstedt, Kalaja 1997, Oakes 2001, Alexieva 2002, Corr 2001, Greenall 2005). In Croatia only linguists, representatives of the official language policy, have expressed their attitudes to the influence of the English language and have in a way ignored the attitudes of speakers. In view of the fact that speakers, representatives of the unofficial language policy, to a large extent dictate the direction of language policy-making (Kaplan, Baldauf 1997, Preisler 2003, Spolsky 2004), the paper aims to investigate their attitudes towards Anglicisms, that is, towards their use in formal and informal contexts and in different domains. Findings of the study conducted by the author among 244 Croatian university students suggest that the respondents have more positive attitudes towards the use of Anglicisms in informal contexts. Likewise, the respondents’ attitudes are contextually differentiated according to different domains. Positive attitudes are exhibited toward the use of Anglicisms in everyday communication, show business, youth magazines, computing and modern technology, while negative attitudes are directed towards their use in daily newspapers, education, literature and political speeches.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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