Author: D. Gary Miller
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199654263
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
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.