Chapter 15. Anglicisms in the discourse of Alitalia’s bailout in the Italian press
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Sabrina Fusari
Abstract
We describe a corpus study of the Anglicisms and false Anglicisms used by two major Italian newspapers (La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera) in their representation of the bailout and privatization of the Italian airline Alitalia. Our aim is to establish if and to what extent the use of new non-adapted Anglicisms in news reports of Alitalia’s crisis and privatization, especially in the domains of economics and aviation, had an impact on the transparency of the information provided. The results show that, in the coverage of this news story, new Anglicisms are often left undefined, or provided with an inappropriate Italian equivalent. This may have made it more difficult for readers to develop a thorough understanding of Alitalia’s crisis and privatization.
Abstract
We describe a corpus study of the Anglicisms and false Anglicisms used by two major Italian newspapers (La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera) in their representation of the bailout and privatization of the Italian airline Alitalia. Our aim is to establish if and to what extent the use of new non-adapted Anglicisms in news reports of Alitalia’s crisis and privatization, especially in the domains of economics and aviation, had an impact on the transparency of the information provided. The results show that, in the coverage of this news story, new Anglicisms are often left undefined, or provided with an inappropriate Italian equivalent. This may have made it more difficult for readers to develop a thorough understanding of Alitalia’s crisis and privatization.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- The lexical influence of English on European languages 1
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Section I. Exploring Anglicisms
- Chapter 1. Fair play to them 27
- Chapter 2. Proposing a pragmatic distinction for lexical Anglicisms 43
- Chapter 3. Investigating gender variation of English loanwords in German 65
- Chapter 4. The collection of Anglicisms 91
- Chapter 5. Semi-automatic approaches to Anglicism detection in Norwegian corpus data 111
- Chapter 6. Lexicographic description of recent Anglicisms in Serbian 131
- Chapter 7. Anglicisms in Armenian 149
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Section II. English-induced phraseology
- Chapter 8. Phraseology in flux 169
- Chapter 9. Multi-word loan translations and semantic borrowings from English in French journalistic discourse 199
- Chapter 10. Newly-coined Anglicisms in contemporary Spanish 217
- Chapter 11. Der Elefant im Raum… 239
- Chapter 12. English influence on Polish proverbial language 261
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Section III. Anglicisms in specialized discourse
- Chapter 13. English direct loans in European football lexis 281
- Chapter 14. Incorporation degrees of selected economics-related Anglicisms in Italian 305
- Chapter 15. Anglicisms in the discourse of Alitalia’s bailout in the Italian press 325
- Author index 343
- Language index 347
- Subject index 349
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- The lexical influence of English on European languages 1
-
Section I. Exploring Anglicisms
- Chapter 1. Fair play to them 27
- Chapter 2. Proposing a pragmatic distinction for lexical Anglicisms 43
- Chapter 3. Investigating gender variation of English loanwords in German 65
- Chapter 4. The collection of Anglicisms 91
- Chapter 5. Semi-automatic approaches to Anglicism detection in Norwegian corpus data 111
- Chapter 6. Lexicographic description of recent Anglicisms in Serbian 131
- Chapter 7. Anglicisms in Armenian 149
-
Section II. English-induced phraseology
- Chapter 8. Phraseology in flux 169
- Chapter 9. Multi-word loan translations and semantic borrowings from English in French journalistic discourse 199
- Chapter 10. Newly-coined Anglicisms in contemporary Spanish 217
- Chapter 11. Der Elefant im Raum… 239
- Chapter 12. English influence on Polish proverbial language 261
-
Section III. Anglicisms in specialized discourse
- Chapter 13. English direct loans in European football lexis 281
- Chapter 14. Incorporation degrees of selected economics-related Anglicisms in Italian 305
- Chapter 15. Anglicisms in the discourse of Alitalia’s bailout in the Italian press 325
- Author index 343
- Language index 347
- Subject index 349