Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introductory Note; Part I; Chapter One; Chapter Two; 1. The OED Online as a Source of Spanish Borrowings; 2. Aims; 3. Methodology; 4. Terminology; Part II; Chapter One; 1. Technology; 2. Leisure and Pleasure; 3. Civilization and Politics; 4. The Fine Arts and Crafts; 5. The Humanities; 6. Gastronomy; 7. People and Everyday Life; 8. The Natural Sciences; 9. Miscellaneous; Chapter Two; 1. Technology and Electronics; 2. Archaeology; 3. Mathematics and the Humanities; 4. Leisure and Pleasure; 5. The Natural Sciences; 6. Civilization and Politics
7. The Fine Arts and Crafts8. Gastronomy; 9. People and Everyday Life; 10. Miscellaneous; Part III; Summary and Conclusion; 1. The Chronological Distribution of Nineteenth-century Spanish Borrowings; 2. The Chronological Distribution of Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Spanish Borrowings; 3. The Semantic Analysis of Spanish Borrowings; 4. The Stylistic Function and Contextual Usage of Spanish Borrowings; 5. The Status of Spanish Vis-à-vis English; Appendix; 1. Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-first century Spanish Borrowings in the OED Online
Summary
While there are numerous investigations of the impact English has exerted on Spanish, the reverse language contact scenario has received comparatively little attention. This book sheds light on the Spanish influence on the English vocabulary since 1801, offering the first systematic analysis of the multitude of words which have been taken over from Spanish and its national varieties over the past few centuries. The results provided by this study rely on the evaluation of a comprehensive lexicographical sample of 1355 Spanish borrowings collected from the Oxford English Dictionary Online. The f
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-314)
