The Influence of Greek and Latin on English by Kym Stepp https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn LED 6850 en-us 2018-05-15 16:56:47 UTC 2023-03-01 09:26:13 UTC hello@padlet.com A brief history kymstepp https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260935382  • In the first century BC most of Europe was occupied by Roman Empire.                  • Due to Roman invasion Germanic tribes came into contact with Romans – early loan words borrowed in the Roman and sub-Roman period (roads, bridges, trade)                                      • Latin words presented the earliest group of borrowings in the developing English language that was later built on the basis of the Germanic tribal languages.       • Sixth century AD Roman Catholic Church in England and Latin is the official language of the church.                              • 8th-11th century Scandinavian invasions- English adapted French words which originated from Latin ]]> 2018-05-15 17:02:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260935382 kymstepp https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260937003 2018-05-15 17:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260937003 kymstepp https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260937268 2018-05-15 17:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260937268 kymstepp https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260937590 2018-05-15 17:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260937590 kymstepp https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260937769 2018-05-15 17:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260937769 kymstepp https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260937885 2018-05-15 17:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260937885 Influence of Greek- alphabet (alpha-beta) kymstepp https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260938342 • Used in naming stars (Gamma)                                •  Used in chemical modification                         •  Fraternities                         •  In England Z is still called Zed (from Zeta)         •  Delta is a triangle, part of a river, deltoid (muscle) and more]]> 2018-05-15 17:09:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260938342 Influence of Greek- words kymstepp https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260939000 • Church                           • Pepper, plum and cherry        • Anchor, butter, chest, copper, marble, paper, plaster, silk, carpet rug       • Phoenix, lion, trout, oyster    • Cedar, palm, rose, hemp, lily, mint]]> 2018-05-15 17:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260939000 Influence of Latin kymstepp https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260939546 • Months in our calendar    • Myths- Odin and  Thor, Cupid, Fortune and her wheel                • Earth, sun, land, sea, life, death, God, man, good, bad, black, white]]> 2018-05-15 17:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260939546 Study kymstepp https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260940276  A detailed study of the Wycliffite Bible examines how often Latin demonstrative pronouns which refer to persons in the Vulgate (e.g. hic, iste) are translated to he/she this. See pictures below for details]]> 2018-05-15 17:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260940276 Findings kymstepp https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260940773 "The frequent use of he/she this in religious works has to do not so much with the genre as with the language of the source, since these works are usually, and often faithfully, translated from Latin."

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]]> 2018-05-15 17:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/260945525 References kymstepp https://padlet.com/kymstepp/pucu7rvlgsyn/wish/266122112 March, F. A. (1893). The Influence of the Greeks on the English Language. The Chautauquan; A Weekly Newsmagazine, 16(6), 660--667.

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