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External Influences on English: From its Beginnings to the Renaissance Miller, D. Gary (Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and the Classics, University of Florida)
External Influences on English: From its Beginnings to the Renaissance
Miller, D. Gary (Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and the Classics, University of Florida)
In this fascinating history of the influences on English during the first thousand years of its formation the author shows when and why the Anglo-Saxons began to borrow words from Latin and Greek and the effects of contact with the Vikings, Celts, and French. A book of enduring value to everyone interested in the history of English.
352 pages, Illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 2, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199654260 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 163 × 237 × 23 mm · 682 g |
| Language | English |