Linda Rossi Holden
After taking her PhD in the philosophy of language, Linda Rossi Holden taught English linguistics at the University of Bologna and founded the Holden Language School. She regularly writes articles on language for La Repubblica.
Every year a slew of new words – Anglicisms, for the most part – emerge and enrich – or contaminate, depending on how you look at it – the Italian language. With its marked penchant for neologisms, the press then willingly takes over and spreads the word(s). Italian linguist Linda Rossi Holden looks at 10 such Anglicisms that might osmose into Italian in 2010.