Peculiarities of English-American borrowed words in the novel "Moonlight tariff" by Ildiko von Kurthy

This article is devoted to the problem of English-American borrowed words in the German language, peculiarities of their usage and their basic functions in female prose (as exemplified in the novel by Ildikó von Kürthy "Mondscheintarif". Influence of the American culture and linguistic reflection of this fact became more noticeable with development of the Internet. Loan of English-Americanisms is in many respects caused by the reasons of extralinguistic character, such as globalization of English, emergence of new concepts, mainly in the field of equipment and computer technologies, cultivation of the American way of life in mass media. According to the carried-out analysis authors come in a conclusion that English-American loans take an active position in life of Germans. According to the carried-out analysis authors come in a conclusion that English-American loans take an active position in life of Germans.