Definition of Terms
This paper focuses on the analysis of patterns in English loan words used in Sotus Series
S.E.A. Write book. The following terms are defined to assure mutual understanding of the
terminology used in the context of this study.
1. Word borrowing is a sociolinguistic process in which on language borrows words
from other language
2. Loan word refers to a word refers to a word taken from one language into another
and naturalized, for example, Thai has borrowed the word “apartment” (อพาร์ทเม้นท์) and “beer”
(เบียร์) from English. Thai has borrowed it from English. Types of Loan words, there are four
types included loanwords (transliteration), loan blended, loan shift, loan translation.
3. Transliteration is the transformation of the words spelling from the letters of the
writing of one language, into the closest corresponding letters of the second language.