The functions of Anglicisms in the Contemporary Speech of French Military Personnel

Abstract

The article focuses on the analysis of Anglicisms (English inclusions) in the contemporary speech of French military personnel. The present casestudy is based on the non-fiction works written by the military veterans who served in the French expeditionary units in 2001 – 2012. We have typified the detected Anglicisms and also analyzed its main functions. Our study gives us grounds to consider Anglicisms as one of the characteristic features of the contemporary French military-specific speech.

Keywords

• Anglicisms
• English inclusions
• military-specific speech
• expeditionary units