The English of shop signs in Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20358124 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Schlick (University of Klagenfurt, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 3-7 |
| Publication date | 2002-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | English Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-0784 • E-ISSN: 1474-0567 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0266078402002018 |
| OpenAlex | W2007828657 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 33 |
A case study of foreign and especially English influence on the language of shop signs and shop windows in three European cities. PEOPLE have always worried about language purity: ‘No greater harm can be done to a nation than taking away its national character and the idiosyncrasies of its language’ (Immanuel Kant, over 200 years ago). ‘Kein Denglisch in deutschen Wörterbüchern’ is a citation of the German Verein zur Wahrung der deutschen Sprache e.V. (‘Association for the Protection of the German Language’)1, founded in 1997. Theirs is a struggle to keep German free of too much foreign-language influence: most notably English
Economic history · English language · Foreign language · German · Harm · Linguistics · Political science · Sociology · History · Law · Linguistic research and analysis · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Philosophy · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
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| Unique citing works | 33 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,57 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |