franskengelsk

Franskengelsk refers to the blending of French and English in speech and writing, produced by bilinguals, language learners, and multilingual media environments. The term covers both the intrusion of English vocabulary and idioms into French (often called franglais) and the influence of French on English used by bilingual speakers. It describes a spectrum from occasional code-switching to more systematic borrowing and calquing that yield hybrid forms.

Common features include:

- lexical borrowing and anglicisms, such as week-end, shopping, parking, and email.

- calques or literal translations of English phrases into French, which can create phrases that resemble English syntax or semantics.

- syntactic influence and false friends that lead to errors or unconventional constructions.

- code-switching within sentences, especially in conversations, advertising, film, and online media.

- varying social attitudes, with some speakers viewing franskengelsk as creative and others as a sign of language erosion.

Geographic and social contexts vary. In France, franskengelsk is widely discussed in media and youth slang and is often linked to globalization and the entertainment industry. In Canadian French, particularly in Quebec, close contact with English has produced substantial anglicisms and mixed speech patterns. In bilingual regions such as Belgium and Switzerland, similar dynamics appear in daily conversation and public discourse. The term is sometimes pejorative, but linguists also study franskengelsk as a legitimate outcome of language contact and a resource for communication in multilingual settings.