Loanwords and Native Words in Old and Middle Icelandic - Matteo Tarsi
A Study in the History and Dynamics of the Icelandic Medieval Lexicon,
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2022Uitgever: Brepols Publishers332 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 2503598153ISBN-13: 9782503598154Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Summary Anyone familiar with the Modern Icelandic language will know that the country's policy is to avoid borrowing lexemes from other languages, and instead to draw on their own vocabulary. This often results in the formation of a word pair, consisting of a loanword and its respective native equivalent, as the process of borrowing systematically eludes the tight tangles of language policy. But how did this phenomenon develop in the Middle Ages, before a purist ideology was formed? This volume offers a u...
