Abstract:
This project is centered on
An In
-
depth Study on Le
xical Borrowing
from
English to Hausa
, with the aim to study the English and Hausa lexical loa
n
word
s. The concept borrowing has been defined and explains by different
scholars. It is a universal socio
-
linguistic phenomenon which is as a result of
different cultures in contact, as a result of this contact cultural items filter
freely from one cultu
re to another.
This is true in the case of language as there is a dare need for communication
between speakers of different language communities who come into contact.
This is therefore in the case with language development through lexical
borrowing in Eng
lish and Hausa.
It is a common fact that no language can live in isolation without interacting
with n
ei
bou
r
ing or other language around it. The interaction could be
political, economic and social In a situation where a language remains
without new words, t
here is every tendency that such language would logging
behind other language.
