Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices (Jun 2010)

Cyberspangish: summary of terminological discussion

  • S A Iakovleva

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 2
pp. 26 – 31

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The article addresses the problem of Anglicisms in the computer terminology of contemporary Spanish; its evolution that led to the rise of a new linguistic phenomenon in hispanic studies - cyberspanglish. A summary of the discussions about the evolving terminology, as well as the comparative analysis of the vocabulary of common usage and computer vocabulary related to the problem.

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