V. 3 N. 2 (2001)
Linguistica

Latin and Romance loanwords in English

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

Pubblicato 01-12-2001

Come citare

Cser, A. (2001). Latin and Romance loanwords in English. Verbum – Analecta Neolatina, 3(2), 249–265. https://doi.org/10.1556/verb.3.2001.2.1

Abstract

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.