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Najnowsze metodologie badawcze w lingwistyce kontaktu i automatyczna ekscerpcja anglicyzmów
Latest research methodologies in contact linguistics and automatic excerption of Anglicisms

Author(s): Alicja Witalisz
Subject(s): Lexis, Comparative Linguistics, Methodology and research technology
Published by: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
Keywords: contact linguistics; usage-based approach; experimental design; automatic identification of loanwords; corpus;

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the newest research methodologies used in the analysis and description of foreign lexical loans, such as the usage-based approach, experimental set-ups, as well as corpus-assisted research that includes automatic identification and excerption of unassimilated loanwords. The usage-based approach and experimental design spring from the revised perception of linguistic borrowing in contact linguistics, seen now as a social act, in which the recipient language speakers play the main role by fulfilling their nominal and expressive needs through conscious lexical choices. This type of research is also possible due to large electronic corpora equipped with the latest data processing tools that enable the analysis of borrowed material in authentic contexts. Rooted in the onomasiological-cognitive theoretical background and assuming a socio-pragmatic perspective, the presented methodologies allow for the analysis of those areas within linguistic borrowing that in structural and systemic research were neglected or unanalysable.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 5-22
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish