TY - BOOK AU - Nielsen,Hans Frede TI - The continental backgrounds of English and its insular development until 1154 T2 - North-Western European language evolution SN - 9789027272775 AV - PE264.A3 N54 1998eb U1 - 429/.24 22 PY - 1998/// CY - Odense [Denmark], Portland, OR PB - Odense University Press, International Specialized Book Services KW - English language KW - Old English, ca. 450-1100 KW - Foreign elements KW - Middle English, 1100-1500 KW - Indo-European languages KW - Influence on English KW - Scandinavian languages KW - Germanic languages KW - French language KW - Latin language KW - Anglais (Langue) KW - ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) KW - Emprunts KW - 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) KW - Français (Langue) KW - Influence sur l'anglais KW - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY KW - Old & Middle English KW - bisacsh KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES KW - General KW - Civilization KW - European influences KW - fast KW - Middle English KW - Engels KW - gtt KW - England KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-224) and index; Quest for a Title --; 'Fascination is our Theme' --; The Importance of English Language History: A Practical Demonstration --; Studying English Language History --; Cultural history --; Access to early literature --; Marginal and competing forms --; Linguistic affinities --; 'Fascination is our theme'. An appetizer --; Foreign Borrowings and Other New Words --; Loan words --; Other lexical innovations --; Inherited Material --; Words of Germanic origin --; Morphological extension --; Some Factors Involved in Language Change --; Heritage and contact --; Principle of least effort --; Linguistic variation --; Coining new words --; The Continental Backgrounds of English --; The Emergence of Comparative and Historical Linguistics --; The Tower of Babel --; Bopp, Rask and Grimm --; Indo-European and Indo-Germanic --; Indo-European and Beyond --; The Indo-European language family --; Indian --; Iranian --; Armenian --; Hittite --; Phrygian --; Greek --; Thracian --; Illyrian --; Albanian --; Venetic --; Italic --; Celtic --; Germanic --; Baltic --; Slavic --; Tocharian --; The affinities of Indo-European with other language families: Nostratic --; The Indo-European homeland --; The diversification of Indo-European and the position of Germanic --; Tree diagram and wave theory --; 'Old European' river names --; The Germanic homeland --; The Old Germanic Languages --; Earliest attestation --; Germanic diagnostic features --; Early Germanic dialect geography --; Early emigrant languages --; Early dialect grouping: three models --; The dialectal position of the early runic language; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - In conjunction with two other volumes, which are scheduled to appear later, The Continental Backgrounds of English and its Insular Development until 1154 aims at giving a comprehensive survey of what by the author is seen as the most interesting aspects of the long history of English from its embryonic stages to the language spoken today in England and America. The present volume spans the period up to A.D. 1154, the year inaugurating the Plantagenet era in England and the year of the last events to be recorded in the annals of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=476751 ER -