Romance Influences on English

Romance Influences on English

General Overview

Periodization of the Romance Lexical Borrowings

The Zero Period. The First Period. The Second Period (597-1066). The Third Period (1066-1500). The Modern Period (since 1500).

Latin and French in England: History of Use

Latin in Pre-Carolingian British Isles (by Dag Norberg)

Latin Influences on Old English (by Albert C. Baugh & Th. Cable)

The Domination of French in England (by Albert C. Baugh & Th. Cable)

The Decline of French in England

The Anglo-French Law Language

The Renaissance

Lexical Adaptation

Assimilation of Latin words into English

Morphological Elements

Phonological Impact

Grammar Impact

Latin's Impact on English Grammar

Special Studies

The post-conquest lexical elements in the Peterborough Chronicle (by Veronika Kniezsa)

Introduction. I. The material. II. Chronology. III. Motiviation of loans. IV. Glossing of new items. V. Synonym pairs. VI. Further points of interest. VII. Summary and outlook. References.

Socio-Historical Context

1066 and all That (by John Gillingham)

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