The gender of nominal Anglicisms across language families and regions: A typological study

Title
The gender of nominal Anglicisms across language families and regions: A typological study
Publication Date
2026
Author(s)
Hunt, Jaime W
Palmer, Bill
Iyengar, Arvind
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7303-1524
Email: aiyenga2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:aiyenga2
Editor
Editor(s): Henrik Gottlieb, Anabella-Gloria Niculescu-Gorpin, Alicja Witalisz, Keisuke Imamura and Jaime W. Hunt
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
New York, United States of America
Edition
1
DOI
10.4324/9781003516781-9
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/74932
Abstract

Research on Anglicisms has traditionally focussed on major European languages, leaving phylogenetically diverse languages underexplored. We aim to address this by adopting a cross-linguistic approach in which we examine the integration of English nouns, which lack inherent gender, into languages with grammatical gender, specifically those with a tripartite gender system. Our analysis includes a diverse sample of languages from Europe, the Indian Subcontinent, Africa, the Pacific, and North America. Our findings reveal that while most Anglicisms conform to established language-internal patterns, nominal Anglicisms exhibit unique characteristics within them. This study contributes to the ‘running experiment’ whereby borrowings are analysed to verify the gender systems of individual languages. By broadening the scope of research to include a wide range of under-studied languages and how they assign gender to nominal Anglicisms, we hope to enhance the understanding of Anglicism integration and contribute to the development of a global typology of Anglicisms.

Link
Citation
Anglicisms around the Globe, p. 159-190
ISBN
9781032840505
9781032851471
9781003516781
Start page
159
End page
190

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