LEKSIČKO NASLJEĐE KAO POSLJEDICA JEZIČKOG KONTAKTA – KONTAKT ENGLESKOG I FRANCUSKOG JEZIKA
LEXICAL HERITAGE AS A RESULT OF LANGUAGE CONTACT – THE CONTACT OF ENGLISH AND FRENCH
Author(s): Jovana ĐurčevićSubject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Semantics, Comparative Linguistics
Published by: Filološki fakultet, Nikšić
Keywords: language contact; contact of English and French; borrowing; French loanwords; semantic fields of French borrowings;
Summary/Abstract: This paper emphasizes the importance of the contact of French and English in terms of English lexis. The English language is comprised of up to 70 percent of loanwords, which makes up a much greater percentage than native words. The most numerous among them are loanwords from French. As the process of borrowing is caused by the interaction between languages, the phenomenon of language contact was the starting point of the study. In order to provide a more systematic explanation of borrowing from French, we first explained the causes which brought about this contact, ie. borrowing from French, then the nature of French loanwords or semantic fields of words that English borrowed from French, and, in the end, their integration into English.
Journal: Folia Linguistica et Litteraria
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 23-31
- Page Count: 9
- Language: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian