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1、TheEffectofLoanwordsontheEnglishLanguage1.IntroductionEnglishhasexperiencedalonghistory.Also，ithasalargeamountofvocabulary，whileamongthem,therearelotsofloanwords.LoanwordsplayaveryimportantinEnglish’sdevelopment.Englishhasadoptedwordsfromalmosteveryknownlanguage,espe
2、ciallyfromLatin,FrenchandGreek.ThepaperillustrateshowtheEnglishlanguageborrowswordsfromotherlanguagesandhowforeignlanguagesaffecttheEnglishlanguage.ThepaperwillalsodiscusstheAmericanEnglish.Hopethatreaderscanknowmoreaboutloanwordsandtheireffectbythepaper.2.Theorigino
3、fEnglishEnglandisanislandnationandthismadeEnglishaproductionofaseriesofnationalmigrationandconquers.TheformationofEnglandnationisaprocessofintegrationbetweenAngles，Saxons，Jutesandothernations.Duringtheprocessofintegration,Englandsufferedalotespeciallytheinvasionofoth
4、ernations.Inaword，thedevelopmentand“sufferings”oftheEnglishlanguageareextraordinary.Itwasablendingofbloodandfire.TheEnglandnationexperiencedseveninvasionsduringitslanguagedevelopment.Theseventimes’ethnicfusionpromotedtheformationofEnglishandalsomadethelanguageintegra
5、teavarietyofotherlanguages.Amongthem，theRomanConquesthappedin1981hadthegreatestimpactonEnglish’sdevelopment.ItnotonlyconqueredthelandofEnglandandestablishedafeudalsysteminEnglandbutalsochangedAnglesandSaxonslanguageandtheirwaysofthinking.TheloanwordsmadeEnglishspread
6、easilybecauseothernationscanfindsomethingabouttheircultureinEnglisheasily.AllofthesemadeEnglishawidelyusedandeasyunderstandlanguage.Besides，duringEnglish’sdevelopment，loanwordsplayedanessentialrole.TheabsorptionofforeignwordsinEnglishcanbedividedintothreeperiods:Angl
7、o-Saxonperiod(OldEnglishperiod),MiddleEnglishperiodandModernEnglishperiod.Amongthem，theModernEnglishperiodcanbedividedintoEarlyModernEnglishperiod(TheRenaissance)andPostmodernEnglishperiod.[1]DuringtheOldEnglishperiod,withtheAngles,SaxonsandJutesoccupiedEnglandandset
8、tleddowninthere,theirlanguagesreplacedtheoriginalinhabitants’languageandbecamethesourcelanguageofEnglish.Onlyalittleofthelanguageof
