The present article is dedicated to the factors of enrichment of the English literary language through different periods of its development. As one of the most productive ways of enriching the word stock of the English language the author regards borrowings from other languages. There is made an attempt to classify languages, from which English derived words into several categories. One way to do this is done through the historical factor. Some linguistic and extra linguistic factors of enriching the word stock of English are also analyzed in the article. As the languages, which had greatly influenced the word stock of English the author regards Latin, French and Scandinavian languages.

Borrowed words, word stock, enrichment

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