The Celtic Roots of English
Author: Markku Filppula
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13:
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English and Celtic in Contact
Author: Markku Filppula
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008-06-03
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 1134501730
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnglish and Celtic in Contact provides the first comprehensive account of the history and extent of Celtic influences in English. Drawing on both original research and existing work, it covers the earliest medieval contacts and their linguistic effects as well as the reflexes of later, early modern, and modern contacts.
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
Author: John H. McWhorter
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781592403950
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy do we say "I am reading a catalog" instead of "I read a catalog"? Why do we say "do" at all? Is the way we speak a reflection of our cultural values? Delving into these provocative topics and more, author McWhorter distills hundreds of years of lore i
Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland
Author: Bryan Sykes
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2007-12-17
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 0393079783
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the best-selling author of The Seven Daughters of Eve, a perfect book for anyone interested in the genetic history of Britain, Ireland, and America. One of the world's leading geneticists, Bryan Sykes has helped thousands find their ancestry in the British Isles. Saxons, Vikings, and Celts, which resulted from a systematic ten-year DNA survey of more than 10,000 volunteers, traces the true genetic makeup of the British Isles and its descendants, taking readers from the Pontnewydd cave in North Wales to the resting place of the Red Lady of Paviland and the tomb of King Arthur. This illuminating guide provides a much-needed introduction to the genetic history of the people of the British Isles and their descendants throughout the world.
The Roots of English
Author: Robert Claiborne
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780385414272
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRobert Claiborne gives readers a short history of the English language to show how most of the words we use today evolved from a single taproot language called Indo-European. This book is a must for all word buffs and language lovers; an intelligent and uniquely accessible examination of our vocabulary by a recognized authority.
The Oxford Handbook of the History of English
Author: Terttu Nevalainen (linguiste)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 983
ISBN-13: 0190627883
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis ambitious handbook takes advantage of recent advances in the study of the history of English to rethink the understanding of the field.
A History of the English Language
Author: Elly van Gelderen
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Published: 2014-04-03
Total Pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9027270430
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe English language in its complex shapes and forms changes fast. This thoroughly revised edition has been refreshed with current examples of change and has been updated regarding archeological research. Most suggestions brought up by users and reviewers have been incorporated, for instance, a family tree for Germanic has been added, Celtic influence is highlighted much more, there is more on the origin of Chancery English, and internal and external change are discussed in much greater detail. The philosophy of the revised book remains the same with an emphasis on the linguistic history and on using authentic texts. My audience remains undergraduates (and beginning graduates). The goals of the class and the book are to come to recognize English from various time periods, to be able to read each stage with a glossary, to get an understanding of typical language change, internal and external, and to understand something about language typology through the emphasis on the change from synthetic to analytic. This book has a companion website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/z.183.website
The History of the Celtic Language
Author: Lachlan Maclean
Publisher:
Published: 1840
Total Pages: 298
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Author: Grady McWhiney
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0817304584
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA History Book Club Alternate Selection. "A controversial and provocative study of the fundamental differences that shaped the South ... fun to read", -- History Book Club Review
The Influences of the Celtic Languages on Present-Day English
Author: Jan Niehues
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Published: 2008-11
Total Pages: 106
ISBN-13: 3640214080
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThesis (M.A.) from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1, University of Marburg, 80 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The perceived lack of Celtic loanwords in English has generally been seen as proof that the Anglo-Saxon invaders made short notice of their Celtic predecessors when they took possession of Britain during the fifth century. Thus, the Celts simply would not have had the chance to leave their mark on the English language as they were either killed, driven into the sea or had to take refuge in the mountainous West and North of Britain. The possibility of any Celtic influence on the very structure of English has been discounted altogether. In recent years, this view has met mounting opposition from different fields of study. New archaeological evidence as well as a methodological reassessment have called for a examination of the history of the Anglo-Saxon immigration. Besides, new advances in contact linguistics provide tools with which a more detailed look on the history of the English language has become possible.
