The Influence of Spanish on the English Language since 1801

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"This is the first systematic study of Spanish borrowings attested in English between 1801 and the present day. The words drawn from the Oxford English Dictionary (OED Online) on the basis of their etymologies have been classified thematically and augmented with corpus data to allow for a comprehensive linguistic and cultural analysis. With detailed information on the chronology, sense development and stylistic functions of the borrowings, Julia Schultz's book is a highly engaging read for anyone who takes an interest in language contact."Professor Miroslawa PodhajeckaUniversity of Opole, Poland"This book provides a detailed and up-to-date account of the borrowings adopted from Spanish into English, particularly the American variant, since the beginning of the 19th century [...] Following the methodology developed to examine the 20th century borrowings from French and German, with the help of electronic sources, [Schultz] has provided an array of data that gives a comprehensive view of the impact of Spanish in current English, especially in the US. The wide range of borrowings of the survey, from a considerable number of fields, in addition to its insightful linguistic comments, make this a most useful work for researchers in contact linguistics."Professor Felix Rodriguez GonzalezUniversity of Alicante, Spain