Borrowing
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Borrowing can refer to the following closely related concepts:
- The adoption of elements from a foreign language into one's native language; see borrowing (i.e. adoption).
- More generally, the copying of elements from one language into another language, i.e. either the adoption of elements from a foreign language into one's native language, or the retention of elements of one's native language when using a foreign language; see borrowing (i.e. copying).
- The result of a process of borrowing ('a borrowing'); cf. borrowing (i.e. loan).
