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_a420.9 _bMIL |
100 | 1 | _aMiller, D. Gary. | |
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_aExternal influences on English : _cD. Gary Miller. |
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_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _cc2012. |
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_aix, 317 p. : _bill. ; |
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505 | _a1. 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 | _aA 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 | _aEnglish language | |
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