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Effects of English L2 on Norwegian L1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2018

Anne Mette Sunde  and
Martin Kristoffersen
Anne Mette Sunde
Affiliation:
Department of Language and Literature, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU 7491 Trondheim. anne.sunde@ntnu.no
Martin Kristoffersen
Affiliation:
Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU 7491 Trondheim. martin.kristoffersen@ntnu.no
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Abstract

English outweighs other languages as a source for linguistic borrowing in present-day Norwegian. Most of the research on this topic has considered direct lexical loans, yet observations indicate that English is increasingly burrowing its way below the lexical surface of Norwegian – evident in the rising number of calques. This study investigates how a selection of recently observed multiword calques from English are evaluated by native Norwegian speakers. This is examined through acceptability judgements among young bilingual Norwegians (n = 83, mean age 18), and among two control groups comprising 10 bilingual adults (mean age 55) and 16 minimally bilingual seniors (mean age 75), respectively. A translation test was included to compare the judgements against production data. Based on our overall findings, we suggest that increased calquing is a sign of heightened proficiency in and exposure to the English language.

Keywords

Acceptability judgementsborrowingcalquingEnglish influenceNorwegian
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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 41 , Issue 3 , December 2018 , pp. 275 - 307
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Copyright © Nordic Association of Linguistics 2018 

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