French Influence on American English Lexis

Scholarly Paper (Advanced Seminar) aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Anglistik - Linguistik, Note: 1,3, Universität Trier (Fachbereich II: Anglistik), Veranstaltung: Historical Semantics, 22 Eintragungen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Englisch, Abstract: This work will shed some light on how the French language has made its way onto the North American continent. Furthermore it will present examples which illustrate the influence French had on American and Canadian English lexis. In addition, the special language situation in Canada, especially in Quebec, will be illuminated in the last section.