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Twentieth-century borrowings from French into English – an overview

On the continuing influence of French on the English lexicon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2012

Julia Schultz
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French has long served as the donor language par excellence in the history of English. French has enriched the English vocabulary throughout the centuries since before the Norman Conquest (Serjeantson, 1935: 104–5). The French impact on the English lexicon has received much attention in studies of the language and its development. However, French borrowings which have recently been introduced into English have figured little if at all in research thus far.

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English Today , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , June 2012 , pp. 3 - 9
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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