Scandinavian loanwords and their equivalents in Middle English /
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| Author / Creator: | Hug, Sibylle, 1955- |
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| Imprint: | Bern ; New York : P. Lang, c1987. |
| Description: | 432 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | European university studies. Series XXI, Linguistics ; vol. 62 = Europäische Hochschulschriften. Reihe XXI, Linguistik ; Bd. 62 Europäische Hochschulschriften. Reihe XXI, Linguistik Bd. 62. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/895511 |
| Summary: | An investigation of the rivalry of a number of Scandinavian loanwords which entered the English language in late Old English or Middle English and survived in Modern English, and their synonyms in Middle English. It analyses the restructuring process taking place in a number of semantic fields and attempts to account for the survival of the loanwords. Of particular interest are the meaning, frequency and distribution of the Scandinavian borrowings and their equivalents. |
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| Physical Description: | 432 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 412-420) and index. |
| ISBN: | 3261037598 |