Language Contact and the History of English : Processes and Effects on Specific Text-Types
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Austrian Studies in English
ISBN-10
3631846622
ISBN-13
9783631846629
Edition
New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Imprint
Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 30th, 2022
Print length
258 Pages
Weight
440 grams
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15.30 x 22.00 x 2.00 cms
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The focus is on the history of contacts between English and other languages and on their effects, and especially on lexical innovation and its effects on the English vocabulary. The volume is a contribution to studies on the history of English, with special attention to language contact as cultural contact, particularly in specific text types.
The fact that English has always borrowed heavily from other languages is well known. However, the systemic long-term effects of the processes involved in such contacts are under-researched. This collection of articles takes a more wide-spanning approach, looking at various periods and phenomena across the centuries. The volume focusses on language contact seen as cultural contact, especially with Scandinavia and France, as well as on specific text types from times ranging from Old English to the twentieth century.
The volume aims at advancing insight on the ways in which contacts with other languages and cultures influenced the English language as a whole. The book provides new reflections on borrowing and lexical innovation as cultural choices bound to different textual traditions.
The volume aims at advancing insight on the ways in which contacts with other languages and cultures influenced the English language as a whole. The book provides new reflections on borrowing and lexical innovation as cultural choices bound to different textual traditions.
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