Joerg  06/10/2004 - 12:36   

Sophie Koehler

Denglish: Linguistic supression

Words like "manager" or "email" are used in German on a daily basis. Appearing on the service sector, the health sector and in the media they have changed today's use of German language dramatically, especially the youth within which is the society of tomorrow.
Is intracultural understanding made easier by a flood of anglicisms?
In this presentation, I will consider the replacement of German terminology by anglicisms and its negative effects. The importance of the German language is seemingly decreasing.

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