Anglicisms in the Discourse of Brexit: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Italian Newspapers

This study describes the Anglicisms used by three important Italian newspapers (La Repubblica, Il Corriere della Sera, Il Sole 24 Ore) in reporting about Britain's exit from the European Union. More specifically, this mixed-method analysis focuses on technical English expressions from the fields of economics and politics. The aim is to investigate how they are used in newspaper articles and why English is preferred to an Italian word, thereby making it harder for the average Italian reader to understand. Preliminary results show that Anglicisms are often used without any explanation, even though newspaper journalists sometimes provide a description of the concept expressed by the English word. It is argued that such corpora can be used to aid learners of English for specific purposes in the acquisition of specialized lexis. [Publisher's Text]

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