Borrowing and the Conditions of its Acceptability in French

Résumé

Linguistics is a vast field of study that is concerned with the study of human language. It is
subdivided into several disciplines, among which we should mention lexicology, which deals
with the study of the lexicon in its meaning, frequency, structure and evolution. The lexicon can
be understood and studied under several aspects such as the study of the phenomenon of borrowing from other languages, the process of their integration into the nomenclature of the host language as well as the linguistic policies put in place to in the face of the interrupted influx of foreign lexies. Certainly the loan meets the needs of the evolution of society to name new extralinguistic realities, however their? massive presence in the lexical structure of a language can constitute a real danger to its very existence. This is the reason why language policies have emerged like (the Toubon Law of 1994). The context must be understood to examine this phenomenon