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Introduction 3
1 General information on borrowings 4
2 Borrowings from Scandinavian languages 5
3 Borrowings from French 7
4 Native speakers’ attitude towards borrowings 10
Conclusion 12
Bibliography 13
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English is a language, which has been an object of a number of influences from other languages. Being a global language it has acquired borrowings from not only European but also some Asian languages such as Indian and Chinese. However, the most important of all appear to be Scandinavian, Latin and French influences upon the English language. These three linguistic systems have changed all levels of English throughout time and history.
It is extremely important to know the historical development of the language one speaks as well as the origin of its systemic units. To make it less complicated for understanding one should learn the foreign influences and, consequently, loanwords into the English language. There is a number of scientific works based on this issue written by researchers from all around the world. However, the problem of borrowed words into English has long been a topic of dispute among the native speakers. The majority is against borrowings and claim that they can cause the extinction of the original language [3], however, the amount of loanwords in English is tremendous, so they are impossible to abandon. Moreover, borrowing words is a natural linguistic process that affects most languages of the world.
This paper will consider the subject of Scandinavian and French borrowings into the English language. It consists of an Introduction, conclusion, references and a theoretical part with three sections. In the first section, the Scandinavian influence will be examined. The second section will contain an overview of the French borrowings in the English language. The third section will convey the general attitude of the native speakers of English to the phenomenon of borrowings into their mother tongue.
Список использованной литературы
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2. Deutschmann, Mats A (Very) Brief History of English/ Mid Sweden University, 2003.
3. Ferm Nicole Borrowings in the English Language English C/ Special Project/ Mid Sweden University, 2006.
4. Millward, C. M. A Biography of the English Language/ Chicago: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, Inc., 2007.
5. Ojeda, Juan R.G. Attitudes of English People towards Lexical Borrowing// GLOSAS DIDACTICAS №11/ PRIMAVERA, 2009 – 219-223 p.
6. Oxford Online Dictionary/ http://www.oxforddictionaries.com