Exploring Reasons on Lexical Borrowing from English Language (L2) to Sindhi Language (L1)

Abstract

The term lexical borrowing is often used to express the system through which one language borrows words from another language to renew its linguistic system. The current research papers focuses to explore the reasons of borrowing words from English language (L1) into Sindhi language (L1). The current study employs qualitative research methodology to explore the reasons of borrowing words from English language. Research tool used to collect data was semi structured interviews and convenient sampling was taken as a source. Participants were (n=5) from a public sector university of Sindh. Data was examined and analyzed through thematic analysis. The major reasons behind lexical borrowing discovered were; code switching and code mixing result in borrowing, importance and exposure of English and lack of vocabulary in Sindhi (L1).

Keywords: Lexical borrowing, reasons, Sindhi language, English language.

DOI: 10.7176/JLLL/83-03

Publication date: November 30^th 2021