The continental backgrounds of English and its insular development until 1154
In conjunction with two other volumes, which are scheduled to appear later, The Continental Backgrounds of English and its Insular Development until 1154 aims at giving a comprehensive survey of what by the author is seen as the most interesting aspects of the long history of English from its embryonic stages to the language spoken today in England and America. The present volume spans the period up to A.D. 1154, the year inaugurating the Plantagenet era in England and the year of the last events to be recorded in the annals of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
eBook, English, 1998, ©2012
Odense University Press, Odense [Denmark], 1998, ©2012
North-Western European language evolution, v. 19, v. 1, vol. 19
1 online resource (1 electronic recource (xiv, 234 pages)) : illustrations, maps
9789027272775, 9781283574426, 9786613886873, 9027272778, 128357442X, 6613886874
1017999857
1. Preface (by Nielsen, Hans Frede); 2. Abbreviations; 3. Introduction; 4. The Importance of English Language History: A Practical Demonstration; 5. The Continental Backgrounds of English; 6. The Anglo-saxon Colonization of Britain; 7. The Old English Period; 8. The Latin Element in Old English; 9. The Scandinavian Settlement in Britain and Its Linguistic Effects; 10. The Norman Conquest and the Demise of Old English; 11. References; 12. Index
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