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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Yerevan State University
2006-10-01
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Series: | Armenian Folia Anglistika |
Online Access: | https://journals.ysu.am/index.php/arm-fol-angl/article/view/4814 |
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.
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ISSN: | 1829-2429 2579-3039 |