Language Contact and Vocabulary Enrichment : Scandinavian Elements in Middle English (Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature .34) （2012. 173 S. 210 mm）

Moskowich, Isabel

PETER LANG（2012発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 173 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783631624142

Full Description

The Scandinavian presence all over Europe during the so-called Viking Age is well documented and England is not an exception. However, the influence of their language on the development of English has not always been well interpreted. This volume aims at deciphering the reality behind the legend of a raiding heathen nation. By resorting to the evidence provided by language, the book explores and tries to reconstruct the social networks formed by both the English and Scandinavians. Their relations, needs and lives are inextricably intermingled with the hybrid tongue they adapted for communication and which has largely come down to us in what we know as English.

Contents

Contents: Historical sociolinguistics - Language change - Lexical change - Social networks - Scandinavian influence on English.