Linguistics and Languages

Tracking the acceptance of neologisms in German: Psycholinguistic factors and their correspondence with corpus-linguistic findings

S. Wolfer and A. Klosa-kückelhaus

Discover how neologisms borrowed from English are shaping the German language! This fascinating study by Sascha Wolfer and Annette Klosa-Kückelhaus reveals that younger generations embrace these English influences more readily than their predecessors. Dive into the implications of this psycholinguistic experiment and challenge your assumptions about language evolution!

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Abstract

This study investigates whether neologisms borrowed from English are accepted into German as readily as those formed from native material. A psycholinguistic experiment using mouse-tracking measured participant uncertainty in identifying neologisms. Contrary to a previous corpus study, English-borrowed neologisms were accepted more frequently, quickly, and easily, but only by participants born after 1980. Potential explanations for the discrepancy between corpus and experimental data are explored, suggesting a need to reinterpret previous corpus studies.

Publisher

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Published On

Sep 01, 2023

Authors

Sascha Wolfer, Annette Klosa-Kückelhaus

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