The debate about the use of Anglicisms in German during the past decade
has focused primarily on general language use, whereas languages for specific
purposes (with the exception of advertising) have not come under similar
scrutiny. The study presented in this book focuses exclusively on the English
lexical influence on German business language over time and across different
text types. Randomly selected articles (cover stories, editorials, and letters to
the editor) of one of Germanys major business magazines, Wirtschaftswoche,
serve as the corpus of this study. The author describes and...