VIII.Read the passage. Fill in the blank with a suitable word.
The abstract noun “borrowing” (1) ..................... to the process of speakers adopting (2) ..................... from a source language into their native language. The actual process of borrowing (3) ..................... complex and involves many usage events (i.e. instances of use of the new word). Generally, some speakers of the borrowing language know the source language too, or at least enough of it to utilize the relevant word. They (often consciously) adopt the new word when speaking the borrowing language (4) ..................... it most exactly fits the idea they are trying to express. If they are bilingual in the source language, which is often the case, they might pronounce the words the same or (5) ..................... to the way they are pronounced in the source language. For example, English speakers adopted the word garage (6) ..................... French, at first with a pronunciation nearer to the French pronunciation than is now usually found. Presumably the very first speakers (7) ..................... used the word in English knew at least some French and heard the word used by (8) ..................... speakers, in a French-speaking context.
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