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Title:
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Pragmalinguistic Aspects of International Words (based on the modern English language)
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Author:
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Anna Rytsareva
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Email:
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Degree Awarded:
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Volgograd State University
, Germanic Languages
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Degree Date:
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2002
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Linguistic Subfield(s):
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Discourse Analysis
Pragmatics
Semantics
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Subject Language(s):
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English
Russian
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Director(s):
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Tamara Maximova
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Abstract:
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The dissertation deals with the vast layer of international words of English origin which have been emerging recently to change traditionally considered as being international Latin and Greek words. The spread of the English language as well as its global status in today's world are seen to be the primaty reasons of this phenomena. The work consists of two chapters both combining theoretical observations with practical application. The points defended are the following:
1) while getting its global status the English language undergoes changes at all levels, mostly touching the lexical one;
2) the borrowed words in the English language are not homogeneous; the group of international words identified among the borrowed ones as well as the growth of word-building elements transferred to the other world languages come to be the result of the process of globalsation;
3) the international status of the words of English origin is proved by the fact of their being present in all forms of discourses, both personally and status oriented;
4) international words are characterised not only by systematic-linguistic properties but also functional-pragmatic features; being used in the Russian language the tendency of their acquiring or loss of the pragmatic component is observed.
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