Language contact and the history of English: processes and effects on specific text-types

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...

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Weitere Verfasser: Mazzon, Gabriella 1962- (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berlin ; Bern ; Bruxelles ; New York ; Oxford ; Warszawa ; Wien Peter Lang 2023
Schriftenreihe:Austrian studies in English volume 107
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Cover -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- List of illustrations -- Introduction. Language contact and the history of English lexicon: Processes and effects on specific text types -- 1 Language contact in English historical linguistics -- 2 The papers in this volume -- Bibliography -- Part I Systemic effects of lexical contact -- Code-switching, lexical innovation and borrowing in medieval English -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Code-switching and lexical innovation in medieval mixed-language texts -- 3 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Evaluating the impact of borrowing from Anglo-Norman on the English lexicon: Some old perspectives, and some newer ones -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Examining the contact situation -- 3 Identifying Anglo-Norman borrowings in English - and identifying what we mean by Anglo-Norman -- 4 Possible approaches for assessing the nature of the impact of Anglo-Norman on the English lexicon -- 4.1 Approaches based on (modern-day) word frequency, basic vocabulary, or specialist semantic domains -- 4.2 Test cases that demonstrate practical difficulties in identifying Anglo-Norman loans in English -- 4.2.1 Words that occur in both Anglo-Norman and Middle English, but whose ulterior origin is unclear -- 4.2.2 Words assumed to have existed in Anglo-Norman, but for which evidence is scant or altogether lacking -- 5 Conclusion -- Primary sources -- Bibliography -- Scandinavian lexical borrowings in English - a socio-pragmatic perspective1 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical and theoretical background -- 2.1 The two waves of Scandinavian borrowing into English -- 2.2 Motivations for borrowing: gap-fillers and prestige -- 3 Data -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Words of Scandinavian origin in the OED -- 4.2 Exemplification of category 1. a): langeleik -- 4.3 Exemplification of category 1. b): slalom -- 4.4 Exemplification of category 2. a): hygge.
Beschreibung:256 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karte
ISBN:9783631846629

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