Loanwards and roman expansion in North‐West Europe

Bibliographic Data

ID8042707
AuthorsJohn Peter Wild (University of Manchester, corresponding author)
Year1976
Volume8
Issue1
Pages57-64
Publication date1976-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.1976.9979652
OpenAlexW2004127053
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited20

In this article the author reviews the evidence which loanwords supply for the character of cultural contact in north‐west Europe during the Roman period. After some brief comments on the general position of borrowed vocabulary, Latin loanwords in British Celtic and in the Germanic dialects are discussed. Words borrowed by the Anglo‐Saxons from the Romans are also considered. Loanwords passing in the opposite direction, from Germanic and Celtic into Latin, are examined in their historical context. Attention is drawn throughout to the value of language as an independent source of information on economic, social, political and administrative conditions

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Celtic languages · Character (mathematics · Context (archaeology · Language contact · Linguistics · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Vocabulary · Classics · History · Law · Linguistics and language evolution · Medieval Literature and History

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