tailieunhanh - Language borrowing: Theory and reality

The paper discusses the concept of language borrowing from different viewpoints and considers approaches to that linguistic phenomenon, from traditional to modern ones concerning borrowings at different levels in a language system, including phonetic, lexical and syntactic levels. These offer practical implications to research on the issue of borrowing in the Vietnamese language at present. | DISCUSSION LANGUAGE BORROWING THEORY AND REALITY Pham Hung Viet Ly Toan Thang Vietnam Institute of Lexicography and Encyclopedia 36 Hang Chuoi Hai Ba Trung Hanoi Vietnam Received 05 March 2017 Revised 16 May 2017 Accepted 18 May 2017 Abstract The paper discusses the concept of language borrowing from different viewpoints and considers approaches to that linguistic phenomenon from traditional to modern ones concerning borrowings at different levels in a language system including phonetic lexical and syntactic levels. These offer practical implications to research on the issue of borrowing in the Vietnamese language at present. Keywords language contact language borrowing loan words 1. Introduction World-reputable linguists claim that languages and dialects do not exist in vacuum rather they often have contact with other languages and dialects. Such contact or exposure results in borrowed language or language borrowing which has long been a recurrent topic of discussions from various approaches by diferrent authors particularly after the two classic works of Uriel Weinrich 1953 and Einar Haugen 1953 . In Vietnam although there have been some studies on the phenomenon of borrowed words in Vietnamese from other languages such as Chinese French etc. like the works of Nguyen Tai Can Phan Ngoc Vuong Toan amongst others a number of aspects and issues remain untouched even in the recent fairly elaborate theoretical work of Nguyen Van Khang 2007 . Corresponding author. Tel. 84-903257820 Email vietpham1504@ 2. The concepts of borrowing loans As far as studies on the phenomenon of borrowing and loan words are concerned the recent few decades have witnessed increasing focus on theoretical aspects with more comprehensive insights in comparison with the two classic works of Weinrich 1953 and Haugen 1953 . When researching borrowing phenomenon most linguists tend to use the term borrowing or loan Russian 3auMcmeoeauue . In the particularly frequent field of lexical .