LOANWORDS AND THEIR ADAPTATION IN RUSSIAN, UZBEK, ENGLISH, AND TURKISH
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This study examines the phenomenon of lexical borrowing and its subsequent adaptation in four typologically diverse languages: Russian (Slavic, fusional), Uzbek (Turkic, agglutinative), English (Germanic, analytic), and Turkish (Turkic, agglutinative). The research investigates the factors influencing the borrowing process, including historical contact, cultural exchange, political dominance, and technological advancements. It analyzes the phonological, morphological, and semantic changes that loanwords undergo as they are integrated into each language's system. The study contrasts the strategies employed by each language to adapt foreign vocabulary, considering the role of sound substitutions, vowel harmony (in Uzbek and Turkish), morphological adjustments, and semantic shifts. It also explores the social and cultural attitudes towards loanwords in each language community, examining the impact of language purism and standardization efforts. Data is gathered from dictionaries, corpora, and linguistic analyses. The findings shed light on the dynamic interplay between language contact, linguistic adaptation, and sociocultural factors, providing a comparative perspective on the evolution of vocabulary in these four languages.
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