The term "borrowing" in the Russian and European linguistic traditions
The article studies various definitions and interpretations of the term “borrowing ” in dictionaries and reference books in the framework of Russian and foreign linguistic traditions, English and francophone ones in particular, and the author ’s point of view on the issue is proposed. On the basis of the analysis conducted, we can formulate an assumption that scholars ’ attempts to define the term “borrowing” were unsuccessful because of the diversity of research studies and multidimensional nature of the phenomenon itself. Multidimensionality of the phenomenon of borrowing is proved by the possibility of its consideration of both the result and the process of adoption of words by the speakers of one language from a different language. The article also discusses the possibility of restricting the concept of "borrowing" by the lexical-semantic level of the language and the options of including grammatical and phonetic units into the category of borrowings. During the research: descriptive and analytical methods, the method of semantic analysis, the method of comparison and contrasting were used.