Features of the Assimilation of Anglicisms in the System of Modern German

Abstract

The article is concerned with the study of the process of integration of Anglicisms in the system of modern German language. The adaptation of loanwords from English to the new language system is considered as the assimilation of a foreign lexeme broadly speaking, which is carried out at all levels of the language. The specificity of the phonetic and spelling assimilation of Anglicisms in the German language is described. The ways of grammatical and semantic adaptation of English lexemes borrowed by the German language are studied. The multifaceted process of assimilation is considered as a pre requisite for the successful functioning of English language lexemes in the recipient language. The study is based on the material of the index of Anglicisms compiled by the staff of the philological society “Verein Deutsche Sprache” in order to combat such a phenomenon as Denglish.