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英语中的法语借词 摘 要：词汇学，作为语言学的一个分支，比过去起着更加重要的作用。长期以来，英语和法语互相影响，不断从对方假借和吸收词汇，以丰富本语语言。目前，随着英语在全球的广泛使用，它对法语的影响仍然在不断增强。但是，有关法语词汇的英语著作很少，而有关法语中的英语外来词的著作更少。本文主要研究英、法两种语言之间的借用的历史和所依附的社会背景以及一般借用方式和法语教学中的英语借词，帮助以法语为第二外语的英语学习者利用已有英语知识扩大法语词汇量和提高阅读速度。这篇论文不仅有利于法语学习者和教学者，而且也为进一步研究法语中的英语借词开拓了新的领域。 关键词：英语；法语；借词；借用 On English Loan Words in French MAI Huamei Abstract: Lexicology，as a branch of linguistics, is becoming even more important than in the past. English and French have influenced each other in terms of their mutual word borrowing and enrichment over history. At present, as English is widely used all over the world, its influence on French is still on the rise. Nevertheless, there are few English works about French vocabulary, let alone those about English loan words in French. This paper focuses on the history, social background, general methods of word borrowing by French from English, and the learning and teaching of English loan words in French in an attempt to help English learners who take French as their second foreign language to make full use of English vocabulary to enlarge their French vocabulary and improve their reading skill. The research has opened a new area for the further study of English loan words in French and will be helpful to both the learners and the teachers. Key words: English; French; loan words; borrowing 1. Introduction 1.1 Significance of the study At present, an increasing number of English learners are taking French as their second foreign language. However, due to the similarities and differences between English and French, the English knowledge they have learned will inevitably exert both positive and negative influences on their French learning in which vocabulary plays a significant role. The value of the study is vividly indicated in the following remark by Wallace (1982: 9; cited in Zhang 2004: preface), “… there is a sense in which learning a foreign language is basically a matter of learning the vocabulary of that language. Not being ab