The English Lexicon: The Evolution of Old to Borrowed

Abstract

The English mined is a melange, but one that is constantly reshaping and evolving, whether through internal changes or external external transform, in this case borrowings from Turkic. This is a historical study of the mapping of Turkic on English, with a survey of Turkic loanwords as reflections of the diversity of English. This paper employs a historical linguistic approach to review the sociocultural and historical determinants, which were contributing for the adoption of Turkic lexicon into English.