Anglicisms around the Globe

Cross-linguistic Studies on the Impact of English

Henrik Gottlieb, Anabella-Gloria Niculescu-Gorpin, Alicja Witalisz , Keisuke Imamura (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan)

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Routledge
14 November 2025

Language: history & general works; Sociolinguistics; Dialect, slang & jargon

Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics

This collection explores the global impact of English through fact-based and contrastive analyses of different types of Anglicisms across a wide range of languages.

This volume showcases the ways in which contact-induced language change operates across several different languages simultaneously. This approach allows for an examination of similarities and differences in the adaptation processes of English models in languages with differing phonetic, morphological, syntactic, and writing systems. Drawing on data from the Global Anglicism Database (GLAD), the first multilingual repository featuring lexical and phraseological Anglicisms, chapters look not only at visible Anglicisms, such as augmented reality or easy listening, which reflect their English origin, but also at invisible Anglicisms, cases in which English expressions are translated verbatim and cases when words in a recipient language change their meaning due to English influence. This volume offers a multi-layered perspective on how Anglicisms develop and blend into different languages, and readers are presented with a nuanced understanding of contact-induced language change.

This book will appeal to students and scholars interested in language contact, World Englishes, language policy and planning, bilingualism, and lexicography.

Edited by: Henrik Gottlieb, Anabella-Gloria Niculescu-Gorpin, Alicja Witalisz, Keisuke Imamura (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan), Jaime W. Hunt
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 770g
ISBN: 9781032840505
ISBN 10: 1032840501
Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 14 November 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Henrik Gottlieb is an Emeritus Associate Professor of English at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Chair of the Global Anglicism Database Network. Anabella-Gloria Niculescu-Gorpin is a Senior Researcher at the Iorgu Iordan – Alexandru Rosetti Institute of Linguistics, Romanian Academy, and an Associate Professor at the University of Bucharest, Romania. Alicja Witalisz is a Professor of Linguistics at the Institute of English Studies at the University of the National Education Commission, Krakow, Poland. Keisuke Imamura is an Associate Professor of Japanese Language and Linguistics at Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan. Jaime W. Hunt is a Lecturer of Linguistics at the University of Newcastle, Australia.