BORROWING WORDS IN UZBEK AND ENGLISH: A CONTRASTIVE STUDY
Keywords:
Key words: foreign words, lexical stratification, donor language, phonetic change, language prestige, terminology, lexical enrichment, language history.Abstract
Abstract. This article explores the process by which foreign words penetrate
and become established within the lexical systems of Uzbek and English, tracing the
degree to which such words are structurally assimilated and identifying the conditions
that determine whether a borrowed item achieves full integration or remains marked
as external. Rather than cataloguing loanwords by origin, the study focuses on the
dynamic relationship between external linguistic pressure and the internal structural
resistance of each receiving language. The article argues that the degree and character
of lexical assimilation is shaped not only by phonological and morphological
compatibility but equally by the social prestige attached to the donor language, the
institutional context of contact, and the communicative domains in which borrowed
words first circulate. Findings from both languages reveal that the boundary between
native and borrowed vocabulary is far less stable than traditional lexicological
classifications suggest.
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