Tuesday, 31 January 2017

Anglo-Norman words: WoM: Welsh


Last month, we discussed the presence of loanwords from Irish in Anglo-Norman, and this month, we would like to look further into linguistic contact between Anglo-Norman and Celtic languages – this time focussing on, Welsh. While there has been considerable research into the influence of (Anglo-)French on the Welsh language, particularly in the literary sphere, linguistic contact between the two languages in the administrative and judicial spheres remains relatively poorly studied

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