The Role of Borrowing in Language Evolution: Lexical and Structural Perspectives

Abstract

Language is a fundamental tool in shaping worldviews, with its diversity in vocabulary and phraseological units playing a critical role. Throughout history, linguistic interactions among various countries and nationalities have led to the emergence of new words and idioms. Borrowing, the process by which one language adapts elements from another, is central to this evolution and can be categorized in tree types. Following article defines these tree types with examples.