Basic Assumptions of the Theory of Borrowing

The article highlights the three methods of vocabulary enlargement – the creation of neologisms, changes in the word meaning and borrowings. Borrowings or loan-words are, first of all, introduced by bilinguals and acquire an increasingly wider usage in the given language. Therefore, the author of t...

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Main Author: Elżbieta Mańczak-Wohlfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Yerevan State University 2006-10-01
Series:Armenian Folia Anglistika
Online Access:https://journals.ysu.am/index.php/arm-fol-angl/article/view/4814
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Summary:The article highlights the three methods of vocabulary enlargement – the creation of neologisms, changes in the word meaning and borrowings. Borrowings or loan-words are, first of all, introduced by bilinguals and acquire an increasingly wider usage in the given language. Therefore, the author of the article concludes that borrowing is a dynamic process since the word becomes a constituent of the language system once it is used in speech. The article also addresses a number of issues related to the efficiency of borrowings, as well as their assimilation in the recipient language.
ISSN:1829-2429
2579-3039