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Écho des études romanes 2025, 21(1-2):39-61 | DOI: 10.32725/eer.2025.002

Les verbes vidéoludiques empruntés à l’anglais : une analyse comparée multilingueFrench

Alice RAY, Helena HOROVÁ, Andrzej NAPIERALSKI Jr., Mateusz PATALAN, Chiara PREITE

Mots clés: néologie verbale; emprunts lexicaux; ludolecte; discours vidéoludique

Video game verbs borrowed from English: a comparative multilingual analysis

This article offers a comparative analysis of English-derived gaming verbs and their integration into four languages: Polish, Czech, French, and Italian. Drawing on an oral corpus composed of YouTube videos, the study identifies some of the English verbs that are common to all four languages in gaming interactions and examines their morphological and syntactic adaptation in each language. Particular attention is devoted to verbal neology, focusing on how players appropriate and adapt Anglophone terms within their linguistic contexts. The analysis also explores the degree of semantic shift from the original English meanings, highlighting how these borrowed verbs evolve in usage. By investigating cross-linguistic patterns and divergences, the study sheds light on the processes of lexical borrowing and linguistic creativity within gaming communities.

Keywords: verbal neology; lexical borrowings; ludolect; gaming discourse

Published: February 1, 2025  Show citation

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RAY, A., HOROVÁ, H., NAPIERALSKI, A., PATALAN, M., & PREITE, C. (2025). Les verbes vidéoludiques empruntés à l’anglais : une analyse comparée multilingue. Écho des études romanes, 21(1-2), 39-61. doi: 10.32725/eer.2025.002
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