Language Contact in the History of English
Published on 24. January 2001
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Paperback/Softback
410 pages
978-3-631-36243-3 (ISBN)
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More than any other European language English has been shaped by its contacts with other languages such as Celtic, Latin, Scandinavian and French. This is true not only of the vocabulary, but also of morphology and even phonology and syntax. But also the contact between different varieties of English played an important role, especially in the shaping of the Englishes outside England. The papers contained in this volume deal with such contacts from various points of view. Major topics are: the restructuring of lexical fields by borrowing processes in Old, Middle and Early Modern English, the influence of Scandinavian on the morphology, the influence of Latin on English syntax, the development of Middle English verse meter under Italian influence, the origin of spelling conventions, the role of code-switching and language mixing for the development of the language, and the role of language contact in general in Central Europe.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Frankfurt a.M.
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm
Weight
530 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-631-36243-3 (9783631362433)
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Language Contact in the History of English
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The Contributors: Dieter Kastovsky, Arthur Mettinger, David Burnley, Andrei Danchev (┼), Merja Kytö, Hans-Jürgen Diller, Richard Dury, Andreas Fischer, Udo Fries, Raymond Hickey, Thomas Kohnen, Lucia Kornexl, Manfred Markus, Gabriella Mazzon, Ruta Nagucka, Gabriele Rinelli, Nikolaus Ritt, Herbert Schendl, Robert P. Stockwell, Donka Minkova, Laura Charlotte Wright.
The Editors: Dieter Kastovsky, born 1940, studied English, Romance, German philology and general linguistics in Tübingen, Berlin, Besançon; Ph.D. 1967 in Tübingen; 1967-1973 Research Assistant in Tübingen (English Department); 1973-1981 Full Professor of English and General Linguistics in Wuppertal; since 1981 Full Professor of English Linguistics in Vienna (English Department); Visiting Professorships in Münster, Poznan, Stockholm, Tromsö, Cape Town, Georgetown University.
Arthur Mettinger, born 1956, is professor of English linguistics at the University of Vienna. Studied English philology, Slavonic languages and sinology in Vienna, Beijing and Moscow. Major research areas include synchronic English semantics and word-formation, lexicology and lexicography, contrastive linguistics (English - Chinese), and, most recently, cognitive semantics.
The Editors: Dieter Kastovsky, born 1940, studied English, Romance, German philology and general linguistics in Tübingen, Berlin, Besançon; Ph.D. 1967 in Tübingen; 1967-1973 Research Assistant in Tübingen (English Department); 1973-1981 Full Professor of English and General Linguistics in Wuppertal; since 1981 Full Professor of English Linguistics in Vienna (English Department); Visiting Professorships in Münster, Poznan, Stockholm, Tromsö, Cape Town, Georgetown University.
Arthur Mettinger, born 1956, is professor of English linguistics at the University of Vienna. Studied English philology, Slavonic languages and sinology in Vienna, Beijing and Moscow. Major research areas include synchronic English semantics and word-formation, lexicology and lexicography, contrastive linguistics (English - Chinese), and, most recently, cognitive semantics.
Content
Contents: Language contact (Latin, Scandinavian, French) and the development of the English vocabulary - The impact of Latin and French on English syntax - English spelling and French - Code-switching and language mixing in the Middle Ages - Language contact in the European context.