摘要
According to the 19th century histories of the English language,Latin influences upon early English vocabulary are considered to be classified into two periods,including continental borrowing and the Christianizing of Britain.From the points of views of Earl R.Anderson,a professor of Cleveland State University,words borrowed from Latin into Continental Germanic before the fifth century A.D.mostly belong to the semantic fields of commerce and military activity;words borrowed during the seventh century,when the Anglo-Saxons gradually adopted Christianity,mostly belong to the semantic fields of religion,literacy and education,etc.This article tries to analyze how Latin influences Old English vocabulary in various ways respectively.
According to the 19th century histories of the English language, Latin influences upon early English vocabulary are considered to be classified into two periods, including continental borrowing and the Christianizing of Britain. From the points of views of Earl R. Anderson, a professor of Cleveland State University, words borrowed from Latin into Continental Germanic before the fifth century A.D. mostly belong to the semantic fields of commerce and military activity; words borrowed during the seventh century, when the Anglo - Saxons gradually adopted Christianity, mostly belong to the semantic fields of religion, literacy and education, etc. This article tries to analyze how Latin influences Old English vocabulary in various ways respectively.
出处
《学园》
2012年第11期33-34,共2页
Academy
