LANGUAGE CONTACT IS A DRIVING AND ACCELERATING FACTOR INITIATING BORROWINGS FROM ENGLISH INTO INDONESIAN

Abstract

Language is a field of research that is constantly evolving. The article deals with the English influence on the Indonesian language development. The objective of the study is to specify how much impact the English language make on the formation and transformation of the modern Indonesian language considering its phonetic, grammatical and lexical features. The process of transferring form-meanings from the donor language to the recipient language is analyzed on the basis of the studied and selected linguistic material. This indicates the adaptation of the Indonesian language, while maintaining its identity, to English. The use and influence of English in Indonesia is an interesting phenomenon to study from the perspective of its consistency and functioning. According to the research results the data obtained are supposed to be integrated into future scientific papers for a more detailed study of the presented issues. The studied materials are supposed to be used in lectures on the theory of language.