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020 _a9780199654260 (hardback)
020 _a0199654263
082 0 0 _a420.9
_bMIL
100 1 _aMiller, D. Gary.
245 1 0 _aExternal influences on English :
_cD. Gary Miller.
260 _aOxford ;
_aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_cc2012.
300 _aix, 317 p. :
_bill. ;
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
942 _cPR
999 _c45271
_d45271