Language Contact and Vocabulary Enrichment
Scandinavian Elements in Middle English
©2012
Monographs
173 Pages
Series:
Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature, Volume 34
Summary
The Scandinavian presence all over Europe during the so-called Viking Age is well documented and England is not an exception. However, the influence of their language on the development of English has not always been well interpreted. This volume aims at deciphering the reality behind the legend of a raiding heathen nation. By resorting to the evidence provided by language, the book explores and tries to reconstruct the social networks formed by both the English and Scandinavians. Their relations, needs and lives are inextricably intermingled with the hybrid tongue they adapted for communication and which has largely come down to us in what we know as English.
Details
- Pages
- 173
- Publication Year
- 2012
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9783653017854
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9783631624142
- DOI
- 10.3726/978-3-653-01785-4
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2012 (August)
- Keywords
- Language Change Lexical change, Scandinavian influence social networks
- Published
- Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 2012. 173 pp., 7 tables, 8 graphs
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