Language Contact and Vocabulary Enrichment : Scandinavian Elements in Middle English.
Title:
Language Contact and Vocabulary Enrichment : Scandinavian Elements in Middle English.
Author:
Moskowich, Isabel.
ISBN:
9783653017854
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (176 pages)
Series:
Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature ; v.34
Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature
Contents:
Introduction -- Chapter One: The historical context -- 1. Some preliminary considerations -- 2. Causes for the Scandinavian expansion -- 3. The Scandinavians in England: the Danelaw -- 4. The Second Migration -- 5. Types of Scandinavian settlements in England -- Chapter Two: The social structure -- 1. Social organisation in pre-Norse times -- 2. Social organisation of the field in non-Scandinavian areas -- 3. Society and the economy in the Danelaw. Scandinavian influence in the social fabric -- 4. Towns and commercial activity -- Chapter Three: The sociolinguistic perspective and related studies -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Three fundamental models -- 3. Speech community -- 4. Language contact -- 5. Bilingualism and diglossia -- 6. Pidgins and creoles -- 7. A brief overview of lexical change -- Chapter Four: The corpus -- 1. Plan and method -- 2. Meanings -- 3. Dates -- 4. Citing texts -- 5. Grammatical categories -- 6. Etymology -- 7. Dialects -- 8. Semantic fields -- 9. Spelling -- Chapter Five: The lexical system of Scandinavian England -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dates -- 3. Dialects -- 4. Semantic fields -- 5. Text-types -- 6. Grammatical categories -- Chapter Six: Some final remarks -- Appendix: Abreviations of cited texts and manuscripts -- 1.Manuscripts and manuscript collections -- 2. Periodicals, series and Festschriften -- References.
Abstract:
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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