'Al final del día', 'hoja de ruta', 'doméstico' y 'paper' : Cuatro anglicismos en el español contemporáneo
(2025) In Borealis – An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics 14(1). p.111-140- Abstract
- The article addresses the phenomenon of linguistic change through the increasing use of Anglicisms in contemporary Spanish. It is grounded in the idea that the linguistic meaning of Anglicisms encompasses both ideational and interpersonal elements, as outlined by Halliday (1973). The objective is to analyze the incorporation of following four Anglicisms in the Spanish-speaking world from a diachronic and sociolinguistic perspective: al final del día ‘at the end of the day’, hoja de ruta ‘roadmap’, doméstico ‘domestic’, and paper ‘article’. The main hypothesis posits that these Anglicisms function not only as linguistic tools bearing lexical content but also as markers of identity and social... (More)
- The article addresses the phenomenon of linguistic change through the increasing use of Anglicisms in contemporary Spanish. It is grounded in the idea that the linguistic meaning of Anglicisms encompasses both ideational and interpersonal elements, as outlined by Halliday (1973). The objective is to analyze the incorporation of following four Anglicisms in the Spanish-speaking world from a diachronic and sociolinguistic perspective: al final del día ‘at the end of the day’, hoja de ruta ‘roadmap’, doméstico ‘domestic’, and paper ‘article’. The main hypothesis posits that these Anglicisms function not only as linguistic tools bearing lexical content but also as markers of identity and social differentiation. The data are drawn from the diachronic corpora of the Royal Spanish Academy (CORDE, CREA, CORPES XXI), enabling an analysis of the evolution of these terms across diverse geographic and temporal contexts. The results reveal that the studied Anglicisms create conflicts by competing with existing native material and requiring greater cognitive effort. Furthermore, their adoption is linked to specific contexts, such as political, academic, and media discourse, where they serve to reinforce identity, group affiliation, and social prestige. The entrenchment of these terms is more pronounced in contexts that promote discursive persuasion, such as politics or science (Less)
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El artículo aborda el fenómeno del cambio lingüístico a través del aumento del uso de anglicismos en el español contemporáneo. Se fundamenta en la idea de que el significado lingüístico de los anglicismos incluye tanto elementos ideacionales como interpersonales en términos de Halliday (1973). El objetivo es analizar, desde una perspectiva diacrónica y sociolingüística, la incorporación de cuatro anglicismos en el mundo hispanohablante: al final del día, hoja de ruta, doméstico y paper. La hipótesis principal sostiene que estos anglicismos actúan no solo como herramientas lingüísticas, sino también como marcadores de identidad y diferenciación social. Los datos provienen... (More) - Abstract på Spanska
El artículo aborda el fenómeno del cambio lingüístico a través del aumento del uso de anglicismos en el español contemporáneo. Se fundamenta en la idea de que el significado lingüístico de los anglicismos incluye tanto elementos ideacionales como interpersonales en términos de Halliday (1973). El objetivo es analizar, desde una perspectiva diacrónica y sociolingüística, la incorporación de cuatro anglicismos en el mundo hispanohablante: al final del día, hoja de ruta, doméstico y paper. La hipótesis principal sostiene que estos anglicismos actúan no solo como herramientas lingüísticas, sino también como marcadores de identidad y diferenciación social. Los datos provienen de los corpus diacrónicos de la Real Academia Española (CORDE, CREA, CORPES XXI), lo que permite observar la evolución de los términos en diversos contextos geográficos y temporales. Los resultados revelan que los anglicismos estudiados generan conflictos al competir con material nativo ya existente y exigir un mayor esfuerzo cognitivo. Además, su adopción está vinculada a contextos específicos, como el discurso político, académico y mediático, en los que sirven para reforzar identidad, afiliación grupal y prestigio social. La sedimentación de estos términos es más acelerada en contextos que favorecen la persuasión discursiva, como la política o la ciencia. (Less)
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- Henderson, Carlos LU
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- 'At the end of the day', 'road map', 'domestic', and 'paper': Four anglicisms in contemporary Spanish
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- 2025-06-01
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- lånord, anglicismer, korpusstudie, kritisk diskursanalys, språkförändring, Borrowings, anglicisms, corpus analysis, kritisk diskursanalys, språkförändring
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- Borealis – An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics
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- 14
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 30 pages
- ISSN
- 1893-3211
- DOI
- 10.7557/1.14.1.8000
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- Spanish
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