A layered taxonomy of lexical anglicisms

The article presents two ways in which the classification accuracy of describing Anglicisms could be improved. Firstly, by distinguishing two layers of Anglicisms, based on how they came into existence. Secondly, by revising the simplifying dichotomous division into discrete direct and indirect Anglicisms in view of their hybrid variants (found in both layers) which disrupt the dichotomy and allow Anglicisms to be seen as a continuum. Inasmuch as directness and indirectness of Anglicisms (i.e. their being either transferred or translated from English) correspond to their 'visibility', their being clearly of English origin or not, Anglicisms can be also arranged on a scale of 'in/visibility'. The article concludes with the proposal of an alternative taxonomy of Anglicisms.