Academic Scientific JournalsClassical Greek borrowings in contemporary colloquial American English
Keywords:
American English, borrowing, Greek borrowings, jargon, slangAbstract
The aim of this article is to provide a brief analysis of the influence of borrowings from Classical Greek on contemporary American English, not with regard to formal language (including mainly different varieties of professional jargon, or professiolects), but to colloquial and unconventional English, especially slang. The Classical languages, Latin and Greek, are among the languages which have exerted the most influence upon English vocabulary, but is this process continuing in the area of informal parlor? The authors try to answer this question with respect to contemporary American English slang.
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