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Culture Contact and Language Contact Culture has been defined in different statements among experts, but whatever they state, it is in relation with society. The cultural and language contacts have occurred in the English language for centuries, and enriched its vocabulary. adalah dosen Jurusan Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris, Fakultas Sastra, Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya

When there is cultural borrowing there is always the likelihood that the associated words may be borrowed, too. The contact of cultural groups creates a language contact, making borrowing in a group’s language as the influence of the socio-cultural setting toward the language, as what Sapir states that The simplest kind of influence that one language may exert on another is the “ borrowing” of words. The needs that cultural groups have to meet lead to a contact between, or even among, groups. Of all aspects of culture, it is a fair guess that language was the first to receive a highly developed form and that its essential perfection is a prerequisite to the development of culture as a whole” (Greenberg, ed.,1963: 226). language is an essentially perfect means of expression and communication among every known people. This means that “ Language is the greatest achievement of culture” (Vladimir Alexandrov in Lederer,1991: 178) because, as Sapir (1956: 1) states, “. What makes each member of the cultural group understands what she / he thinks or feels is that, generally, each uses a language. The agreement usually comes from individual experiences building background knowledge of other members. What makes the groups different among others is that each group makes its norms or rules among the members to be approved, and the norms one group makes are not really similar with other groups as each group, consisting of unique members, has different agreements on many things.

Culture is a way of life within which we exist, think, feel, and relate to others, and this is a “glue “ that binds a group of people together (Brown,2000:176).

Kata kunci: sosio budaya, pengayaan kosakata Introduction Groups of people are different among others due to their ways of life, or culture. Perkembangan sosiobudaya dibidang agama, sastra, politik, pendidikan, dan teknologi juga berperan sebagai pengaya kosakata bahasa Inggris. Sebagai bangsa yang besar selanjutnya Inggris menjadi bangsa penjajah yang membuka pintu bahasanya untuk mengambil berbagai kosakata bahasa lain. Kosakata bahasa Inggris saat ini merupakan percampuran berbagai bahasa di dunia, terkait dengan masa ketika bangsa Inggris dijajah oleh berbagai bangsa di Eropa, seperti Romawi, Viking, AngloSaxon, dan Perancis. Ketika dua budaya bertemu dan bercampur, maka dua bahasa yang dipakai akan bercampur dan biasanya bahasa kelompok yang besar akan banyak mempengaruhi bahasa kelompok yang lebih kecil. THE ENGLISH SOCIOCULTURAL CONTACT AND DEVELOPMENT IN ENGLISH VOCABULARY ENRICHMENT Susie Chrismalia Garnida Abstract: Pengayaan kosakata satu bahasa bisa terjadi melalui kontak sosiobudaya.