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... influence of the time was Latin , with an equal impact on Celtic and Germanic . Speakers of both went to Latin for cultural and relig- ious loanwords . It is no more surprising therefore that Celtic did not influence Old English than ...
... influence of the time was Latin , with an equal impact on Celtic and Germanic . Speakers of both went to Latin for cultural and relig- ious loanwords . It is no more surprising therefore that Celtic did not influence Old English than ...
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... influence , largely as a consequence of the Norman Conquest . Nature and influence . Latin is a highly inflected language noted for conciseness of expression : for example , the one word amābunt translates the three English words they ...
... influence , largely as a consequence of the Norman Conquest . Nature and influence . Latin is a highly inflected language noted for conciseness of expression : for example , the one word amābunt translates the three English words they ...
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... influence has been predomi- nant : youth culture , leisure activities , sport , business , advertising . The influence is particularly noticeable in journalism . The impact of English includes : ( 1 ) Loan- words : nouns are the largest ...
... influence has been predomi- nant : youth culture , leisure activities , sport , business , advertising . The influence is particularly noticeable in journalism . The impact of English includes : ( 1 ) Loan- words : nouns are the largest ...
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