Publication: Variable article use with acronyms and initialisms: a contrastive analysis of English, German and Italian
Variable article use with acronyms and initialisms: a contrastive analysis of English, German and Italian
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Callegaro, E., Clematide, S., Hundt, M., & Wick, S. (2019). Variable article use with acronyms and initialisms: a contrastive analysis of English, German and Italian. Languages in Contrast, 19(1), 48–78. https://doi.org/10.1075/lic.16021.cal
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Shortening is a common type of word-formation in many languages. Crystal (2008) distinguishes two kinds of abbreviation: initialisms and acronyms. Article use in English is variable with both acronyms and initialisms used as proper names (e.g. (the) UKIP, at the UN vs. at MIT). The question is whether variability is largely dependent on the semantics of the underlying full form (i.e. whether this is derived from a proper name or common noun) or whether the two types of abbreviation show different behaviour with respect to variable art
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- Callegaro, Elena
- Hundt, Marianne
- Wick, Sara
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Callegaro, E., Clematide, S., Hundt, M., & Wick, S. (2019). Variable article use with acronyms and initialisms: a contrastive analysis of English, German and Italian. Languages in Contrast, 19(1), 48–78. https://doi.org/10.1075/lic.16021.cal
