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This 9 page paper discusses changes that have taken place in the English language with the Romans, Christians, Germanic tribes and Scandinavians. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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for example) and come into common usage (and leave again) with bewildering rapidity. But other changes in the language are at a much deeper level, and change the actual root
stock of the language. This paper examines these types of changes, as we discuss the influence of the Roman, Christian, Germanic and Scandinavian invasions of England on the English language.
Discussion Although it is "never easy to pinpoint exactly when a specific language began ... there is little sense in speaking of the English language as a separate entity before
the Anglo-Saxons went to Britain" ("A Short History of the English Language"). This would seem to ignore the impact of the Romans, and we know that the Romans had a
presence in Britain for several centuries; could it be that they did not have much impact on the language? That is what this source suggests, and the opinion is seconded
by a site called "Britannica.com," where it states that most Britons did not become Romanized. In addition, Roman influence and philosophical thought survived "only through the Church" ("The Roman Period").
By the end of the 4th century, the Celtic gods had been replaced by Christianity, but this is virtually the only area in which "Romanization" succeeded ("The Roman Period"). For
our purposes, its important to note that "... the Latin tongue did not replace Brittonic as the language of the general population" ("The Roman Period"). However, in Wales today we
still find Latin words that were adopted into the English language, such as "pysg (fish), braich (arm), caer (fort), foss (ditch), pont (bridge), eglwys (church), llyfr (book), ysgrif (writing), ffenestr
(window), pared (wall or partition), and ystafell (room)" ("The Roman Period"). Assuming these sources are correct, then the Roman impact on the English language appears to have been minimal, with
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