Spanish Loanwords in Contemporary English

• Main Author: PĚKNIC, Matěj
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-252388

This diploma thesis deals with Spanish loanwords in contemporary English, i.e. words borrowed from the Spanish language which are commonly used in contemporary English. The theoretical part explains the terminology connected to this topic as well as provides an overview on different approaches on the classification of loanwords. The main differences between English and Spanish are also mentioned together with the history of both languages and the historical background of the contact between them. The main goal in the practical part is to compose a list of the most frequently used Spanish loanwords, to analyse their etymology, to compare them with their counterparts in Spanish and to classify them according to the degree of assimilation on different linguistic levels.