THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF ARABIC VARIANTS OF ENGLISH
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https://doi.org/10.69691/6ht29w57Keywords:
loan words, arabic, english language, borrow words.Abstract
This is a survey article of the English loan words from Arabic language. The article begins with different conflicting views regarding the term “loan words” and the amount of the Arabic loan words in English from both points of views the English and the Arab linguists’.Then, a historical preview from the first Arabic words in Old English till the latest few words in the last decades is displayed considering the factors involved in borrowing from Arabic to English.
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