E-grāmata: Language Contact and the History of English: Processes and Effects on Specific Text-Types

"This volume focuses on the processes of language contact undergone by English through the centuries, and on the effects of contacts in the language, particularly at the lexical level. The volume is a contribution to studies on language contact in the history of English, with special attention to language contact as cultural contact, as well as on its effects on specific text types. The volume contributes to advance research on the diachronic analysis of language contact and text types, as well as providing new reflections on borrowing and lexical innovation as cultural choices. It will be useful to scholars and advanced students in historical English linguistics, cultural linguistics, text and discourse analysis and lexicography"--

The fact that English has always borrowed heavily from other languages is well known. However, the systemic long-term effects of the processes involved in such contacts are under-researched. This collection of articles takes a more wide-spanning approach, looking at various periods and phenomena across the centuries. The volume focusses on language contact seen as cultural contact, especially with Scandinavia and France, as well as on specific text types from times ranging from Old English to the twentieth century.
The volume aims at advancing insight on the ways in which contacts with other languages and cultures influenced the English language as a whole. The book provides new reflections on borrowing and lexical innovation as cultural choices bound to different textual traditions.

The focus is on the history of contacts between English and other languages and on their effects, and especially on lexical innovation and its effects on the English vocabulary. The volume is a contribution to studies on the history of English, with special attention to language contact as cultural contact, particularly in specific text types.