English in tiers

Tom McArthur

doi:10.1017/S0266078400004867

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English in tiers

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 October 2008

Tom McArthur

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A look at the complex layering of the vocabulary that English has inherited from Germanic, Romance and Greek.

Type: Research Article
Information: English Today , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , July 1990 , pp. 15 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266078400004867 [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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