German Loans in Early English
The paper outlines the contribution of German to the word stock of English in the three periods of Old English, Middle English, and Early Modern English, or, in other words, from the early Middle Ages up to 1700, and relates these words to major cultural events, such as the Christianisation of Engla...
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| description | The paper outlines the contribution of German to the word stock of English in the three periods of Old English, Middle English, and Early Modern English, or, in other words, from the early Middle Ages up to 1700, and relates these words to major cultural events, such as the Christianisation of England, the Norman Invasion, the Reformation and to the beginnings of science and technology during the Renaissance. Methodologically, the term German will be used in the sense of High German and its antecedents rather than Low German or Low Dutch. As a consequence of this approach, the impact of German on the English language during these periods is rather small in terms of numbers, but interesting and varied as far as domains of borrowing, transmission routes of words, linguistic strategies (i.e. importation v. substitution), and mode of transmission (i.e. written v. spoken) are concerned. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f1c2f2b89e9a4683a7e7bbf79bd27b5d2025-01-03T01:28:16ZengInstitute of English StudiesAnglica. An International Journal of English Studies0860-57342023-09-01324234110.7311/0860-5734.32.4.02German Loans in Early EnglishUlrich Busse0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2650-8905Martin-Luther-University at Halle-Wittenberg, GermanyThe paper outlines the contribution of German to the word stock of English in the three periods of Old English, Middle English, and Early Modern English, or, in other words, from the early Middle Ages up to 1700, and relates these words to major cultural events, such as the Christianisation of England, the Norman Invasion, the Reformation and to the beginnings of science and technology during the Renaissance. Methodologically, the term German will be used in the sense of High German and its antecedents rather than Low German or Low Dutch. As a consequence of this approach, the impact of German on the English language during these periods is rather small in terms of numbers, but interesting and varied as far as domains of borrowing, transmission routes of words, linguistic strategies (i.e. importation v. substitution), and mode of transmission (i.e. written v. spoken) are concerned.https://anglica-journal.com/resources/html/article/details?id=614178anglo-german language contactearly englishlexical borrowingchristianisationreformationbotanymineralogymining |
| spellingShingle | Ulrich Busse German Loans in Early English Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies anglo-german language contact early english lexical borrowing christianisation reformation botany mineralogy mining |
| title | German Loans in Early English |
| title_full | German Loans in Early English |
| title_fullStr | German Loans in Early English |
| title_full_unstemmed | German Loans in Early English |
| title_short | German Loans in Early English |
| title_sort | german loans in early english |
| topic | anglo-german language contact early english lexical borrowing christianisation reformation botany mineralogy mining |
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