The History of the English Language, 2nd Edition

The Old English Worldview (1x7)

Fecha de emisión: Mar 20, 2022

The focus of this lecture is the loan words that came into the Germanic languages during the continental and insular periods of borrowing. You'll also see how the first known poet in English, Caedmon, used the resources of his vocabulary and his literary inheritance to give vernacular expression to new Christian concepts.