Basic Assumptions of the Theory of Borrowing

Authors

  • Elżbieta Mańczak-Wohlfeld

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46991/AFA/2006.2.1-2.055

Abstract

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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Published

2006-10-16

How to Cite

Mańczak-Wohlfeld, E. (2006). Basic Assumptions of the Theory of Borrowing. Armenian Folia Anglistika, 2(1-2 (2), 55–60. https://doi.org/10.46991/AFA/2006.2.1-2.055

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1-2 (2) (2006)

Section

Linguistics

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Copyright (c) 2006 Armenian Folia Anglistika

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