Matrikel Nr.: 943154 Magister Anglistik.
Hauptseminar Intracultural and Intercultural Pragmatics: Language Variation Acording To Communicative Situation. Bayreuth, 2006. 21 p.This pragmatic analysis of language is about Anglicisms in German. It is aiming at finding out how many anglicisms and pseudo-anglicisms are currently in use in spoken language. Therefore, 100 Germans were asked to name 10 anglicisms each. The collected data was then listed and a Top 10 ranking was introduced. The words in the Top 10 are closely examined in the text under the aspects of affiliation either to the group of proper anglicisms or pseudo-anglicisms. The survey’s results allow only limited conclusion due to the fact that the number of interviewed people is too small for gaining empiric results. Yet, the results show how much our thinking depends on our environment.
