Influence of English on Spanish Cyber Nominals and Verbals: A Morphological Perspective

Abstract

This paper deals with the influence of English on the Spanish nominals and verbals used in the cyberspace. This study made use of the data collected from correspondence, social media, the internet, and other existing research on influence of English on the Spanish nominal and verbal anglicisms. There were 66 participants in this study: 64 from Latin America and two from Spain. Analysis of the data was made using formal analysis within the concept of morphological productivity. The Diccionario de la Real Academia Española (DRAE) was also used in this study to determine the lexical status of the anglicisms in Spanish. Findings showed that nominal anglicisms were more productive than the verbal anglicisms. Of these anglicisms, 100% of the nominals are official lexical entries in DRAE, and only 44% of the verbal nominals are official lexical entries in DRAE.