External influences on English : (Record no. 45271)

MARC details
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fixed length control field 01050nam a2200169 a 4500
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780199654260 (hardback)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0199654263
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 420.9
Item number MIL
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Miller, D. Gary.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title External influences on English :
Statement of responsibility, etc D. Gary Miller.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Oxford ;
-- New York :
Name of publisher Oxford University Press,
Year of publication c2012.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages ix, 317 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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 ; Special Phonetic Symbols ; Primary Sources: Texts and Editions ; References
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc A 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
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term English language
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Permanent Reference
Holdings
Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Full call number Accession Number Koha item type
Reference Main Library Main Library Permanent Reference 15/12/2023 Purchase 50625.00 420.9 MIL 016672 Permanent Reference

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