External influences on English [electronic resource] : from its beginnings to the Renaissance /
by Miller, D. Gary.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780191742064 (ebook) :.Subject(s): English language -- Foreign elements | English language -- EtymologyOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online 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.
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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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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