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Volume : III, Issue : X, November - 2013 Indian Words In English---a Brief Survey Of Indian Contribution To The English Language As A Cultural Link Between The Two Races. B. Venkataramana Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : Borrowing is essential in every phase of life. languages have been borrowers and lenders. No language anywhere has borrowed so extensively as English. English has been a borrower and lender (more a borrower than lender) all through its history. The wealth of borrowed words treasured in English, loan words, foreign contribution to the English language and so on. The quantum of the Indian element in English is considerably large. Oxford English Dictionary accords recognition to 900 main words of Indian origin and a few thousand derivations of these words. In recent times, English writers were attracted to Indian philosophy. Cheif of them are Aldous Huxley and T.S.Eliot. The present study aims at brief survey of Indian contribution to the English language at different ages of history keeping aloft the Indian element in the enrichment of the English language.
Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : B. Venkataramana, (2013). Indian Words In English---a Brief Survey Of Indian Contribution To The English Language As A Cultural Link Between The Two Races.. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. III, Issue. X, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/3302.pdf References : - Barfield, Owen History in English Words.
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