The Contribution of Germanic Language toward English Language as Reflected on the Old English Vocabulary

Khoirur, Rohman, (2011) The Contribution of Germanic Language toward English Language as Reflected on the Old English Vocabulary. [ Skripsi ]

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Keywords: Germanic, Old English. One period of the history of English language was Old English. Old English was the earliest English language periods and started spoke in Britain hundreds years ago. The language contributed in the development of Old English was Germanic language. Germanic language was the member of the language family in the world and sub branch of Indo European language family language. Germanic was ancestor of Old English and Old English was directly descended from Germanic (West Germanic subgroup). The research problems in this study are (1) In what way does Germanic contributes to the Old English language vocabulary. (2) Which form of Old English vocabulary influenced by Germanic language. The purpose is (1) To know in what way Germanic contributes to the Old English vocabulary (2) To know which form of Old English vocabulary reflected by Germanic. The significance of the research is: for the reader is to: (1) Give knowledge about Germanic contribution on the development of Old English. (2) Enrich the reader about Old English vocabulary. For the writer is to (1) Dig up the knowledge about history of English language especially in the Old English period. (2) Enrich the writer knowledge about Old English vocabulary. For the next researcher is to (1) this research is useful as a reference to conduct the research in the field of history of English language. The research design used in this research is library research with qualitative approach. The data source in this research is manuscripts from the library. Then the method of collecting data in this research is documentation. To analyze the data the writer does reading, selecting, reviewing, and summarizing the data. After analyzing the data, it can be concluded: (1) Germanic contributed on the Old English vocabulary through some ways: (a) The Germanic tribes invaded Britain in the fifth century AD, Germanic tribes invaded Britain and brought with them their original language. The Germanic tribes introduced Germanic language to Britain, The Germanic tribes did not learn the original language of Britain society and they introduced their language to Britain, (b) The settlement of Germanic tribes in Britain enriched the Old English vocabulary, Germanic settled and created in Britain new vocabularies that enriched the Old English vocabulary. (2) There were forms of Old English vocabulary influenced by Germanic. The form of Old English vocabulary depended on the source of vocabulary itself. The sources of Old English were: (a) Germanic source (b) Affixation (c) Compounding. At last, it is hoped that the result of this study can be useful to the readers, researcher, and the next researcher to conduct the research in the field of history of English.

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