Language Contact and Vocabulary Enrichment - Scandinavian Elements in Middle English

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.

List of contents

Contents: Historical sociolinguistics - Language change - Lexical change - Social networks - Scandinavian influence on English.

Product details

• Authors: Isabel Moskowich
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9783631624142
• ISBN: 978-3-631-62414-2
• No. of pages: 173
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 14 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Series: Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature; Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies