Latin and Romance loanwords in English

András Cser

doi:10.1556/verb.3.2001.2.1

Latin and Romance loanwords in English

Autores/as

András Cser Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem, Bölcsészettudományi Kar, Általános Nyelvészet Tanszék

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1556/verb.3.2001.2.1

Resumen

In this study the author provides a survey on the interaction between English and the Latin and Romance languages throughout the centuries. The lexical impact of Latin, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese is analysed chronologically, with a special regard to the phonological modifications of loan-words.