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The term 'cultural borrowing' is a noun phrase, a group of words based on a noun that functions as a unit as a noun in a sentence.

The noun phrase 'cultural borrowing' is made up of the adjective 'cultural' which describes the noun(gerund) 'borrowing'.

Example uses of a noun phrase:

  • Cultural borrowing occurs all over the world. (subject of the sentence)
  • Globalization has vastly increased cultural borrowing. (direct object of the verb 'has increased')
  • Language is a major source of cultural borrowing. (object of the preposition 'of')
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"Cultural borrowing" is a noun phrase that refers to the practice of adopting elements from one culture by another.

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