Sunday, August 5, 2007

Webography

Here are some useful links to sites about The Influence of Latin on English:


http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/4197/?letter=E&spage=4
This site talks about the importance of Latin in the development of English and how extensive is the use of Latin in English Vocabulary.

http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~cpercy/courses/1001Moore.htm

It concerns the influence of Latin on Old English, including a brief historical analysis and the implications of this influence in vocabulary, syntax and semantic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_influence_in_English

This Wikipedias's articles brings us a brief indication of the Latin influention on English through time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_words_with_English_derivatives

This site has a very interesting list of latin words (mostly nouns, adjectives and verbs), its meanings and the English derivation.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Latin-and-Its-Influence-on-English-Language&id=312457

It shows the relevance of Latin in ancient times and classifies its influence on English in five periods. Moreover, there is the explanation of how the latin words were assimilated by English and the its impacts on English grammar.

http://www.orbilat.com/Influences_of_Romance/English/RIFL-English-Latin-The_Inflluences_on_Old_English.html

It is a site where the influence of Latin on Old English is written in a cronological way. Including the historical analysis of the three periods of influence of Latin. There is an interesting analysis of the evolution of the phonetic forms of latin words and how they are spelled today in English.

http://blocs.mesvilaweb.cat/node/view/id/58892

This site has very brief informations about the Latin influence on English. It gives examples of words, verbal and nominal forms, phrases and sentences.

http://www.csus.edu/indiv/r/rileymt/course1/WhyStudy.html

In a very condensed way, it quotes why Latin influenced English.

http://www.ielanguages.com/enghist.html

Amid an article about the history of English there is an explaining about the Old English language, where the author talks about the influence of Latin in Germanic Tribes, which invaded England.

http://www.ielanguages.com/enghist.html

This site shows a list of 1750 Latin derivatives (English words derived from Latin words). It is easy to find them because they are in alphabetical order.

http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/englatin.htm

It is a site that shows a list of latin phrases ans words used nowadays in English.