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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Philip Durkin (Oxford University Press)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.40cm Weight: 0.838kg ISBN: 9780198736493ISBN 10: 0198736495 Pages: 512 Publication Date: 02 April 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction 1: Introducing concepts 2: Introducing the data Part II: Early Contacts in Continental Europe and Britain 3: Historical and cultural background to c. 1150 4: Very early borrowings into Germanic 5: Old English in contact with Celtic Part III: Old English and Proto-Old English in Contact with latin Introduction to Part III 6: An overview of Latin loanwords in Old English 7: Interrogating the data from Chapter 6 8: Methodologies: sound change; word geography; loanwords versus semantic borrowing Conclusions to Part III Part IV: Scandinavian Influence Introduction to Part IV 9: Introduction to Scandinavian loanwords in English 10: Identifying Scandinavian borrowings, and assessing their Impact Conclusions to Part IV Part V: Borrowing from French and Latin in Middle English Introduction to Part V 11: Exploring the contact situation and identifying loans 12: Quantifying French and Latin contributions to Middle English 13: Example passages from English and multilingual texts Conclusions to Part V Part VI: Loanwords into English after 1500; how Borrowing has Affected the Lexicon Introduction to Part VI 14: Borrowing from Latin and French after 1500 15: Loanwords from other languages: test cases 16: Long-term effects of loanwords on the shape of the English lexicon 17: General conclusions and pointers for further investigation References IndexReviewsPhilip Durkin has shown himself in this highly readable book to be a 'superstar' in the etymological history of words borrowed into English. Eric Stanley, Notes and Queries Philip Durkin introduces and investigates how successive phases of language contact have made their mark on the vocabulary of English. Underlying the whole enterprise is an impressive, sagacious control of basic (and more advanced) principles, which are gradually laid out before the reader and illustrated with much thought. This is an important and engaging book. Richard Dance, University of Cambridge 20/03/2013 Philip Durkin has shown himself in this highly readable book to be a 'superstar' in the etymological history of words borrowed into English. Eric Stanley, Notes and Queries Written clearly and authoritatively, the History of Loanwords in English is a solid, scholarly piece of work ... While being intellectually rigorous, the monograph is also highly readable, and Durkinas skill of explaining very complex issues in an uncomplicated way, as well as his precise terminological apparatus are particularly worth emphasizing. One may wonder whether the book has any weaknesses at all. Miroslawa Podhajecka, International Journal of Lexicography Philip Durkin introduces and investigates how successive phases of language contact have made their mark on the vocabulary of English. Underlying the whole enterprise is an impressive, sagacious control of basic (and more advanced) principles, which are gradually laid out before the reader and illustrated with much thought. This is an important and engaging book. Richard Dance, University of Cambridge an indispensable addition to the library shelves. Sarah Powell, Reference Reviews Philip Durkin introduces and investigates how successive phases of language contact have made their mark on the vocabulary of English. Underlying the whole enterprise is an impressive, sagacious control of basic (and more advanced) principles, which are gradually laid out before the reader and illustrated with much thought. This is an important and engaging book. Richard Dance, University of Cambridge 20/03/2013 Author InformationPhilip Durkin is Deputy Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, and has led the dictionary's team of specialists in etymology for the past fifteen years. His Oxford Guide to Etymology (2009; paperback 2011) has quickly become the standard work in the field. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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