Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The language situation in Quebec favours the spread of French loanwords in Quebec English and their potential to fulfil pragmatic functions.This article outlines the main pragmatic effects of French loanwords used in Quebec English, taking into account the realities of the region.It presents data collected through a survey of bilingual Quebecers regarding their attitudes towards borrowing from French in general and towards specific examples.The study concludes that, within a broader framework of borrowing motivation, these pragmatic implications are largely due to the overall linguistic and political divide in Quebec.The main pragmatic effect sought through the use of loanwords is therefore to reproduce the 'us/them' dichotomy.
Author: Valery Kh. Urikhanian
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410725512