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Orð og tunga
má af henni fá vísbendingar um hvað til er af enskum tökuorðum í
íslensku nú á dögum. íslenska ritaskráin er eins full og unnt er að
krefjast og yfirlitsritgerðin - í reynd sú fyrsta sinnar tegundar - er með
þeim lengstu í sínu riti og gerir umfjöllunarefninu góð skil. í samein-
ingu hljóta þessi rit að verða sjálfgefinn upphafsreitur þeirra sem á
næstu árum hyggjast fjalla um erlend áhrif á íslenskt nútímamál, og
jafnframt mikilvæg heimild fyrir erlenda fræðimenn sem vilja kynna
sér íslenskt mál, sögu þess nú á dögum og framtíðarhorfur.
Summary
This book review looks at three works from 2001 and 2002, which to-
gether discuss the impact of English on 16 European languages in the
second part of the 20th century, one of which is Icelandic. Editor of
all three books is Manfred Görlach. Ásta Svavarsdóttir and Guðrún
Kvaran are responsible for the Icelandic material.
A Dictionary of European Anglicisms. A Usage Dictionary of
Anglicisms in Sixteen European Languages (2001) covers approxim-
ately 1500 words and phrases of English origin. The microstructure is
unconventional, and many users will probably find the book rather
difficult to use. Compact dictionary entries, together with the neces-
sary coordination of complicated material from 16 languages, appears
to lead to confusing or even wrong results. However, despite some
disadvantages, the book gives indications of the scale of English loan-
words in Modern Icelandic.
An Annotated Bibliography of European Anglicisms (2002) covers
research on loanwords from English in the languages in question. The
Icelandic bibliography includes most or all studies of importance on
the influence of English on Modern Icelandic.
English in Europe (2002) contains surveys of the influence of Eng-
lish on each of the 16 languages. The Icelandic survey, the first of its
kind for Icelandic, is among the longest articles in the book, and covers
the subject matter to a very satisfactory degree.
Vetnrliði G. Óskarsson
Kennaraháskóla íslands
v/Stakkahlíð
IS-105 Reykjavík, ÍSLAND
veturosk@khi.is