Borrowing and Lexicon

Abstract

It is natural that the meaning of any word in a language changes , develops or disappears across time. So every language has to adopt certain criterion in order to expand its vocabulary. The most common source of adding new vocabulary to a language is called borrowing .The present paper sheds some light at the concept of borrowing and displays the major periods of borrowing in the history of English . In addition , it introduces with some examples the basic types of borrowing. Finally , some conclusions are pinpointed through explaining the concept under study.