External influences on English : from its beginnings to the Renaissance

External influences on English : from its beginnings to the Renaissance / D. Gary Miller.

In this fascinating history of the influences on English during the first thousand years of its formation the author shows when and why the Anglo-Saxons began to borrow words from Latin and Greek and the effects of contact with the Vikings, Celts, and French.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miller, D. Gary
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
English language > Foreign elements.
English language > Etymology.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Etymology.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
English language > Etymology
English language > Foreign elements
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Summary:In this fascinating history of the influences on English during the first thousand years of its formation the author shows when and why the Anglo-Saxons began to borrow words from Latin and Greek and the effects of contact with the Vikings, Celts, and French.
Physical Description:1 online resource (320 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780191613104
019161310X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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