threeprimaryborrowedlanguagesofenglish英语外来语论文

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1、ThreePrimaryBorrowedLanguagesofEnglishAbstractHistoricalmarkscanbeseeninEnglishineveryperiodfromoldEnglishtomiddleEnglishandfrommiddleEnglishtomodernEnglishNewwordsfromothernationscameintouseinEnglish.Englishvocabularyhasbeenbroadeninganddeveloping.TheopennessofEnglishvocabularycanal

2、sobeseeninitsregionalvarieties.TherearedifferentcharacteristicsinBritainEnglish,CanadianEnglishandsoon.Accordingtosomeexperts’estimate，thereareaboutonemillionvocabulariesofEnglish.Tooursurprise80%ofEnglishvocabulariesareborrowedlanguage.ThethreemajorlanguagesareLatinFrenchandGreek.Th

3、ereislittlechangewhenEnglishborrowedfromtheotherthreelanguages.InmypaperIintroducedthreepointsabouttheborrowedlanguages:threemajorresources,characteristics,andtheinfluencetoEnglish.[Keywords]English,varieties,borrowedThreePrimaryBorrowedLanguagesofEnglishEnglishanditsborrowedlanguage

4、LatinFrenchandGreekallbelongtothefamilyofIndoEuropeans.EnglishisabranchofIndo-EuropeanGermanicpuxi.TheGermanicdividedintoEastGermanicgroup,NorthGermanicgroupandWestGermanicgroup.Afteralong-termdevelopmentModemEnglishhasbecometheworld’smostwidelycirculatedlanguage.Oneoftheimportantcha

5、racteristicofEnglishisitsflexibilityanddiversity.Itnotonlyreceivesforeignwordsbutalsoisgoodatabsorbingthehabitsandculturalofforeignlanguage.ThisbasiccharacteristicisoneofthereasonsthatmodernEnglishcanabsorbtremendousvocabulariesfromotherlanguages.BorrowingisanimportantbasisofEnglishw

6、ord-formation.InEnglishvocabularythenumberofborrowedwordsisfarmorethanlocalwords.Sapirhadsaidthat“Asimpleinfluenceofonelanguagetoanotheroneis‘Productlend”(Language:AnIntroductiontotheStudyofSpeech,Pl29).Onceithadculture‘Productlend’itcanborrowedrelatedvocabularies”.IntheearlyyearsGer

7、manicpeopleknewhowtomakewineaccordingtothecontactincommerceandmilitarywithRoman.Naturallytheynamedthestrangedrinkwine.WiththeChristianityenteringintoEnglandsomerelatedwordssuchasbishopandangelenteredintoEnglish.IhaveintroducedtheconditionofEnglish’sfastdevelopment.ThenIwanttodiscusst

8、hreeborrowed