A descriptive analysis of anglicisms used in ecuadorian newspapers

Abstract

Abstract: The topic of this study is A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF ANGLICISMS USED IN ECUADORIAN NEWSPAPERS. The reason for this research is to demonstrate how anglicisms have affected our newspapers which are written in Spanish, and also our way of living. This thesis details the different types of studies done. The research was done in the city of Azogues, in the province of Cañar.The material which was used to collect the anglicisms were three different newspapers from the country of Ecuador, these are detailed as follows : A National newspaper titled El Universo, a local newspaper titled La Portada and a tabloid newspaper titled Extra. The statistics of the anglicisms found were recorded in different charts for every newspaper. There are a total of 19 charts used with many different words, these charts also detail the way the word was used and how it is related to the article. Different methods were used in this study; the descriptive and analytic methods were used to examine and portray the results gathered.zU The instruments used included the interviews and questionnaires, the assessment of the anglicisms found in the newspapers, and the different sets of charts to sort out the variables and sub variables. Different tools were used altogether such as : two laptops, a voice recorder, a questionnaire, paper, pens, pencils, erasers, markers etc.