Text 1: Many linguists have traditionally viewed 'loanwords'—terms borrowed from one language into another—as signs of cultural dominance. When a powerful culture introduces new technology or social structures, the less dominant culture often adopts the accompanying vocabulary, leading to a loss of linguistic purity. Text 2: The adoption of loanwords is rarely a passive act of submission. Borrowing languages frequently 're-lexicalize' these terms, altering their phonology and narrowing their meanings to fit local contexts. In this sense, loanwords are not impositions but raw materials that a language uses to expand its own expressive range.