Can you "spend time" in Swedish?

Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

Description

Can you "spend time"? No, says the stickler, because that's an anglicism and not proper Swedish. But is that really true, and if it is, what makes anglicisms to bad?
Period2022 May 7
Event titleSFÖ-konferens Karlstad 6–8 maj 2022
Event typeConference
LocationKarlstad, SwedenShow on map
Degree of RecognitionNational

UKÄ subject classification

  • Specific Languages

Free keywords

  • translation
  • translation studies
  • swedish
  • english
  • translationese
  • language policy
  • popular science
  • popular linguistics

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