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Linguistic borrowing
Scope Note
Process whereby one language absorbs words and expressions, and possibly sounds and grammatical forms, from another language and adapts them to its own use
Used For
Loan words
Phonological borrowing
Syntactic borrowing
Word borrowing
Broader Term
Language variation
Related Term
Code switching (Language)
Creoles
Descriptive linguistics
Diachronic linguistics
Language patterns
Language usage
Lexicology
Linguistics
Morphology (Languages)
Phonology
Pidgins
Sociolinguistics
Syntax
Vocabulary
Subject Category
450 Language and speech
Date Added
Jan 84