1. linguistic analysis
This point is proven by the fact that very limited amounts of Latin and French borrowings can be found in the extract. ... Wunder (line 10) is of Latin origin meaning wonder. This is one of the very limited words in the extract that have been borrowed from the Latin language emphasising the point that very few words are borrowed from the language at this period in ME. These facts show the evidence to back up the earlier point that at this point in ME the number of borrowings from Latin and French were decreasing. ... ME was, however, much improved to the original OE form of working out sent...
- Word Count: 1401
- Approx Pages: 6
- Grade Level: High School