MEG – 04: ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE
ASSIGNMENT 2021 - 2022
2. Languages enrich and evolve through borrowings. Discuss the various borrowings in English language by giving examples.
Ans. The abstract noun borrowing refers to the process of speakers adopting words from a source language into their native language. "Loan" and "borrowing" are of course metaphors, because there is no literal lending process. Borrowing is a consequence a- tulip tigel/h Borrowing is a consequence of cultural contact between two language communities. Borrowing of words can go in both directions between the two languages in contact, but often there is an asymmetry, such that more words go from one side to the other..For Example, the Germanic tribes in the first few centuries A.D. adopted numerous loanwords from Latin as they adopted new products via trade with the Romans. Few Germanic words, on the other hand, passed into Latin. English borroWed it Vocabulary-from various different languages. Let us have a look at the brief description of different languages which helped English to build up its modern vocabulary base.
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