Anglicism
English linguistic import
Anglicism refers to attachment to or admiration of England, its culture, customs, or institutions: His Anglicism showed in everything from his tweeds to his afternoon tea ritual.
The term describes a cultural orientation rather than linguistic borrowing—though both senses share the root. (Lowercase anglicism refers to English words or expressions in other languages.)
Imported vocabulary item
- calqueBorrowed phrase translated literally
- neologismNewly created expression
- coinageInvented term or currency
- importationBringing goods from overseas
transliteration · adaptation · assimilation · foreignism · borrowing · false friend · pidgin · creole
Term from another tongue
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- colloquialismCasual conversational expression
- slangInformal in-group vocabulary
- jargonSpecialized professional vocabulary
Alternating between linguistic varieties
- etymologyWord origin study
- lexicologyScience of vocabulary analysis
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- phoneticsStudy of speech sounds
semantics · pragmatics · syntax · orthography · corpus · lexicon · vocabulary · terminology
Adopting US cultural norms
- westernizationAdopting Euro-American practices
- homogenizationMaking things the same
- lingua francaShared tongue between peoples
- media influenceNews outlets shaping views
loanword
Imported vocabulary item
- calqueBorrowed phrase translated literally
- neologismNewly created expression
- coinageInvented term or currency
importation · transliteration · adaptation · assimilation · foreignism · borrowing · false friend · pidgin · creole
foreign word
Term from another tongue
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- colloquialismCasual conversational expression
- slangInformal in-group vocabulary
code-switching
Alternating between linguistic varieties
- etymologyWord origin study
- lexicologyScience of vocabulary analysis
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
phonetics · semantics · pragmatics · syntax · orthography · corpus · lexicon · vocabulary · terminology · usage
Americanization
Adopting US cultural norms
- westernizationAdopting Euro-American practices
- homogenizationMaking things the same
- lingua francaShared tongue between peoples
- dialectsregional dialect, local dialect, patois, vernaculars, vernacular
- World EnglishesSinglish, Hinglish, Chinglish, Japanglish, Spanglish