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Hidden Anglicisms in German: Phraseological Loan Translations, Visual Allusions and Foreign Words Modelled on their English Counterparts
No full textIn German, English influences are, of course, most evident in the lexicon, but also in syntax and in areas such as orthography and punctuation. From the point of view of their visibility, a study of phraseology seems particularly relevant for at least two reasons. Firstly, empirical analyses have shown that among phraseological borrowings, the proportion of loan translations (calques) is particularly high. Unlike direct borrowings, calques do not contain any English morphemic material and are therefore inconspicuous or even invisible to the speaker. Secondly, as polylexemic units, phraseological units influence oral and written texts to a greater extent than individual lexemes (which can easily be replaced by alternative linguistic elements). By adopting discourse markers for argumentation, for requests, greeting and other recurrent communicative situations, Anglo-American conventions, norms of interaction and patterns of behaviour find their way into German without the speakers being aware of it. The article illustrates this with examples. It also deals with the use of visual media (posters and paitings) and the adoption of foreign words influenced by English
Kawakami Mieko’s Natsu monogatari as a global novel: Form, themes and transnational circulation
No full textThis paper explores the possibility of interpreting Kawakami Mieko’s Natsu monogatari as a global novel. Following an introduction that seeks to summarize the major positions of an ongoing debate surrounding the definition of the global novel, I will provide a tentative definition of this literary genre and analyze Kawakami’s novel to argue that it aligns with this classification. Finally, I will draw attention to the process of creation and promotion of the novel outside the Japanese literary market, into the global literary market
Towards ecovillages: Insights from environmental ethics in selected countries
No full textClimate change, driven by increasing greenhouse gas emissions from human activities, has triggered a multidimensional global crisis encompassing climate-related disasters, food insecurity, and socio-economic inequality. This condition underscores the importance of sustainable development approaches that are not only macro and top-down in nature but also grounded in environmental ethics and community engagement. This study aims to analyse how community practices and ethics within ecovillages could complement government policies that are typically top-down, sectoral, focused on physical aspects, and often less responsive to local needs. The research employs a comparative literature study and bibliometric analysis using Scopus data from 2021–2025, analysed through VOSviewer. A descriptive analysis was then conducted to compare ecovillage practices in Austria, Brazil, Turkey, and Indonesia through the lens of environmental ethics. The findings reveal that each ecovillage embodies distinctive community ethics shaped by its respective social, cultural, and political contexts. These differences create opportunities for mutual learning and knowledge exchange. The study concludes that ecovillages can strengthen governmental policies through approaches rooted in awareness, local values, and community ethics. Active community participation supported by solidarity, spirituality, social justice, and gender inclusivity emerges as the key to sustainable transition. The novelty of this research lies in integrating community ethics into sustainable policy implications, positioning ecovillages as grassroots practices that enhance the effectiveness of achieving the SDGs
The texture of experience: Notes on the elements (dhātu) in the Vibhaṅga-mūlaṭīkā
No full textThis is part of a study on the Pāli Vibhaṅga-mūlaṭīkā, a direct commentary on Buddhaghosa’s Sammohavinodanī, which is in turn the commentary on the Abhidhamma Vibhāṅga. The present paper addresses a specific chapter of this text, the Dhātuvibhaṅga, which discusses some lists of elements (dhātu), rearranging and interpreting textual contents from the Suttapiṭaka and the Abhidhammapiṭaka
Metafiction, sexuality and taboos in Palestinian novel: Maysūn Asadī’s al-Rāʿī wa-fākihat al-nisāʾ (‘The shepherd and the fruit of women,’ 2021)
No full textThis study examines the Palestinian metafictional novel al-Rāʿī wa-fākihat al-nisāʾ (‘The Shepherd and the Fruit of Women,’ 2021) by the famous Palestinian novelist Maysūn Asadī. It looks at the various metafictional features and techniques employed in the novel as well as its engagement with three Palestinian cultural taboos, namely sex, politics, and religion. This novel does indeed have some ‘feminist tendencies,’ and can be considered a feminist literary work. More particularly, this study attempts to answer the following questions: What are the metafictional features that emerge in Asadī’s novel? How does the novel represent the Palestinian cultural taboos of sex, politics, and religion? And why should this novel be considered a feminist novel? The study concludes that Asadī’s novel adopts a chauvinistic portrayal of relations with women, including atypical sexual relations, infidelity, and zoophilia. Although the novel attempts to enhance women's status in a patriarchal masculine-dominant society by giving them narrative authority, the overlap between fantasy and reality indicates the absurdity of reality and calls into question its credibility as a realistic reference. Additionally, the novel does not attempt to reconcile with local religions but rather adopts the religion of the colonial ‘Other’ and secularism to which the majority adheres. This is due to the dominance of Israeli culture over the Palestinian minority in the post-military period and the adoption of Jewish Israeli identity among this minority at the expense of their Palestinian and Arab ethnic, national, and cultural identity.
Moreover, the novel’s use of metafiction functions to assert the female authorial voice, challenge the hegemony of traditional patriarchal narratives, and frame stylistic rebellion as a direct response to a reality permeated by contradiction and disorder
THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW CASE OF PRE-NOMINAL NPS IN GREEK DUE TO ANGLICISATION
No full textNowadays the influence of English on Greek is rather strong. Influences are attested not only at the lexical level, but at the morphosyntactic level too. In this work we focus on the emergence of a new case of pre-modified NPs in Greek where the Noun is in a pre-nominal position as in English. The newly attested NPs have the form [NP UNINFLECTED N]. The pre-modifier is itself an NP headed by an uninflected loanword of English origin, either a brand name, an abbreviation, an English noun or adjective, and the head N, a Greek element, creating hybrid structures. In this study, we examine a sample of pre-nominal NPs found in Greek through the internet, TV, everyday communication, we get quantitative results for each structure through the Greek corpora of Sketch Engine, we compare the frequency of appearance of these structures to the indigenous equivalent Greek ones, aiming to determine whether these newly attested structures fall under the category of right headed [word word] compounds, loose compounds, appositive compounds, adjective phrases, or they constitute a new case of pre-nominal hybrid NPs that calque the equivalent English structures.
 
Invisible Anglicisms in Japanese: Exploring English Loan Translations Using the GLAD Database
No full textThis paper explores loan translations from English into Japanese—an area often overlooked due to the prevalence of direct lexical borrowing from English—by utilizing over 8,000 loan translation entries from the GLAD Database. A total of 664 loan translations were identified through a thorough investigation. At the same time, the analysis revealed that many English lexical items were borrowed directly, reflecting the Japanese language’s strong inclination toward direct borrowing. An examination of the lexical patterns of loan translations reveals a heavy reliance on Sino-Japanese words, suggesting a continuation of translation conventions established during the late 19th century, when Western concepts were rapidly adopted during Japan’s modernization. Structurally, the analysis demonstrates the predominance of the N + N pattern; however, it also identifies formations that incorporate native morphemes, which may indicate a shift in trends in the creation of loan translations
Texts and updates on Tikrīt Arabic
No full textWith the exception of Jastrow’s study on Tikrīt Arabic verb morphology (1983), Tikrīt Arabic and its varieties have been largely neglected within the field of Arabic dialectology, leaving Johnstone’s The Spoken Arabic of Tikrīt (1975) as the main reference for nearly half a century. To bridge this gap, the present paper aims to examine the current state of Tikrīt Arabic in the city of Tikrīt and its surrounding towns, where Tikrīt Arabic is spoken either as a native tongue or as a second variety. In doing so, this paper will compare the phonological and morphological features observed in the five texts presented in the charts below with the general rules established for Tikrīt Arabic in previous studies
‘Offensive’ writing: Sex and prostitution in the works by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
No full textThis article considers some works by the Santhal author Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar in light of the fierce critiques they attracted. Against the accusation of pornographic and offensive writing, I maintain not only that the criticism Shekhar’s works received is unjustified (something that has also been claimed by others), but also that it is symptomatic of a mood with its roots in the West that has spread all over the world. I argue that behind this kind of criticism lies the imposition of identity politics on literary works on one side, and the contemporary concern with political correctness on the other. Further, I also show that despite the progressive agenda such a criticism wants to represent and defend, it ends up producing regressive implications. Shekhar’s case appears thus to be particularly enlightening in showing the limits of identity politics and political correctness in literary criticism
Semantic English Influence on Danish since 1700: Meaningful Changes?
No full textEver since the French anglomanie in the 18th century, a major part of the impact of English on recipient languages has been invisible – in the sense that the borrowed words, phrases and structures do not display any visible English clues. This goes for loan translations, in which English compounds and constructions are reshaped into equivalents using recipient-language lexical building blocks only. Even less conspicuous than loan translations are semantic borrowings, representing internal developments in existing words rather than new combinations of these. Based on data from the Global Anglicism Database, this article will provide statistics on the inventory of invisible vis-à-vis visible Anglicisms in Danish and analyze developments in English-based semantic borrowings in Danish, an invisible type of Anglicism attested in Danish since 1700. The various scenarios and communicative outcomes of the usage of semantic Anglicisms will be compared and evaluated, focusing on ambiguity vs. language enrichment in contemporary Danis