External Influences on English : From its Beginnings to the Renaissance
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- Item Code: 63149
- Author: D. Gary Miller
- Publisher: Oxford (U.K)
- Edition: 1st
- Isbn : 9780199654260
- 13 EAN: 9780199654260
This book provides the fullest account ever published of the external influences on English during the first thousand years of its formation. In doing so it makes profound contributions to the history of English and of western culture more generally.
English is a Germanic language but altogether different from the other languages of that family. Professor Miller shows how and why the Anglo-Saxons began to borrow and adapt words from Latin and Greek. He provides detailed case studies of the processes by which several hundred of them entered English. He also considers why several centuries later the process of importation was renewed and accelerated. He describes the effects of English contacts with the Celts, Vikings, and French, and the ways in which these altered the language's morphological and syntactic structure. He shows how loanwords from French, for example, not only increased the richness of English derivation but resulted in a complex competition between native and borrowed suffixes.
Gary Miller combines historical, cultural, and linguistic perspectives. His scholarly, readable, and always fascinating account will be of enduring value to everyone interested in the history of English.
- A vital resource for all scholars and students of the history of English
- Combined historical, cultural, and linguistic perspective
- Detailed discussion of the dating of prehistoric borrowings
- Shows the different effects of different types of language contact
- Charts the influence of Latin over 1,000 years
1:Introduction
2:Celtic, Roman, and Germanic Background
3:English: The Early Period
4:Early Loanwords From Greek and Latin
5:The Scandinavian Heritage of England
6:The French Input
7:Continuity and Revival of Classical Learning
8:External Linguistic Input to English
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"a refreshing exception among works on the history of English ... Millerâs book is a welcome addition to general accounts of the history and development of English." - Markku Filppula, English Studies
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"In my view, this is an exciting and important book which lives up thoroughly to the publishers blurb: scholarly, readable, and always fascinating. I can recommend it wholeheartedly to teachers and advanced postgraduates, and also for researchers looking for a handy authoritative account of early language-contact in English" - Jeremy Smith, University of Glasgow
| Book specification | |
|---|---|
| Author | D. Gary Miller |
| Publisher | Oxford (U.K) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Isbn | 9780199654260 |
| 13 EAN | 9780199654260 |
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