Language Contacts in Belgian Media ; Языковые контакты в бельгийском медиапространстве

Introduction.Language situation in Belgium is considered unique because, despite several state languages, a dozen minority languages, and hundreds of dialects being in constant contact with each other, the Belgian language community is also actively influenced by the English language. The relevance of this research is dictated by the growing importance of the English language in Europe, where the latter is frequently used as a lingua franca, by the developing mutual influence of the French and the Dutch languages in Belgium, and also by the linguists’ interest towards the matter of code-switch... Mehr ...