The Viking's major influence on the English language

The borrowing and assimilation of language was continuous throughout the Viking period, and the character of the Scandinavian words implies that the invading Norse peoples interacted with and married Anglo-Saxons. Scandinavian place-names, loanwords.

Рубрика Иностранные языки и языкознание
Предмет English
Вид реферат
Язык английский
Прислал(а) incognito
Дата добавления 17.11.2011
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