Phonological aspects of the integration of Romance loans in English

• Authors: Bernhard Diensberg
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

English lexemes containing intrusive nasal consonants mostly have a difficult origin in common. In what follows (part I), the relevant word material will be ordered according to its phonological structure. In principle we follow the ordering of Gustav Muthmann’s Reverse English Dictionary. Based on Phonological and Morphological Principles of 2002. In cases such as jig v. and its frequentative jiggle v., paralleled by most probably related and nearly synonymous jog v. and its frequentative joggle v., the attested forms are not only rare but also late. Therefore, we have been constrained to base some etymologies on roots, mostly of imitative origin. In part II, some French loan verbs, which show unusual retention of Old French -er/-re in Middle English, will be examined.

Keywords

EN

etymology; Old French; lexemes; phonological structure; linguistic history

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 7-24

Dates

online

2012-03-15

Contributors

author

Bernhard Diensberg

Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/20843836SE.12.001.0391