English as a North Germanic Language: From the Norman Conquest to the Present

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
English as a North Germanic Language: From the Norman Conquest to the Present
Original language description
This paper argues that Middle English (and therefore Modern English) originates as an amalgam of West Germanic Old English and North Germanic Old Norse, and the the fusion of the two languages dates back not to early Scandinavian settlement in England, but about 200 years later, expecially the 12th century during the full impact of the Norman Conquest. Using Examples of large numbers of daily life and grammaticalised vocabulary, I demonstrate that the nature of Scandinavian words incorporated into Middle/Modern English is distinct from and more central than later French loans and reflects a deep and typologically significant impact of Scandinavian on Moddle/Modern English. Then I discuss several syntactic properties (e.g., word order, P-stranding, infinitival and directional particles, passive participles and case inflections) to show that with respect to all these characteristics Middle/Modern English groups with North Germanic and not with West Germanic.
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Publication year
2011
Confidentiality
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Article name in the collection
Theories and Practice, Proceedings of the Second International Conference of English and American Studies
ISBN
978-80-7454-089-9
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Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
13-26
Publisher name
Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně
Place of publication
Zlín
Event location
Zlín
Event date
Sep 7, 2011
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
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