The indexical value of lexical borrowing in a ‘remembrance culture’-community of practice: German loanwords in Belgian WWII-testimonies

In this study, we scrutinize the locally constructed indexical value of German loanwords in Belgian WWII-testimonies. We argue that these testimonies are situated in a specific WWII-remembrance context which forms a community of practice with its own local style. In particular, we selected three Fle...

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Main Authors: Kim Schoofs, Dorien Van De Mieroop
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Ampersand
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215039019300104