Human languages have always changed in the past and they will certainly maintain the tendency of change. It may be argued that one of the causes of language change is expression of new meanings. With societal changes, there is always a need to express new meanings in languages, both through new words and old forms. It is the
characteristic of openness that enables languages readily to create new words to express new things, events, and ideas that come along. The present paper attempts to show that English has been, and still is remarkably flexible and adaptable when it comes to various mechanisms that help enlarge its lexis. More specifically, the paper reflects on
acronyming and borrowing in English in particular.
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