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Borrowing (linguistics)

In linguistics, borrowing is a type of language change in which a language or dialect undergoes change as a result of contact with another language or dialect. In typical cases of borrowing, speakers of one language (the "recipient" language) adopt into their own speech a novel linguistic feature that they were exposed to due to its presence in a…

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Role of borrowing in historical linguistics

CognatesLanguage familiesComparative methodSound changeNeogrammarian
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Borrowing of other elements

Bound morphemesSyntacticPhonemesLanguage shiftSpeech community
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Lexical borrowing

WordLexiconLoanwordsPhonologyMorphology
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LinguisticsLanguage changeDialectContact
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Borrowing (linguistics)

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borrowing language words recipient source word loanwords borrowed change another one linguistics dialect contact common languages apparent type result cases

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