AN INDEPTH STUDY OF LEXICAL BORROWING FROM ENGLISH TO HAUSA

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.