language situation

At the end of XX century, globalization processes have brought the English language to the leading position. It prevails over other languages in many spheres: in economics, trade, engineering, science, computer science, etc. Due to this factor some of the languages have already disappeared, others are disappearing, yet others, and French among them, withstand and continue to retain their rightful place in international communication.

This article is devoted to the analysis of the language of print media in French-speaking Canada and, in particular, to the study of such a phenomenon as semantic borrowing. The existence of this type of borrowing is due, first of all, to the special linguistic situation prevailing in Canada. It is the presence of semantic borrowings from the English language is the main feature of the language of the print media in Canada.