Lexical Differences Between Spanish America and Spain: Anglicisms Vs. Vernacular Terms

Abstract

Anglicisms are increasingly present in almost all languages, in all fields of activity and discourse categories. Besides native language terms of general use (ingeniero, profesor, etc.) and general Anglicisms, there are others which differ from one country to another (contador (Arg.) vs. contable (Esp.)). There are also Anglicisms which are not general and that in most cases coexist with native language terms, either general or specific (jornada completa vs. full time), which does not affect comprehension. This paper focusses on the analysis of the work-related field.