Algunas notas sobre campos semánticos, galicismos e italianismos en el inglés del siglo XVIII
ISSN: 0210-9689
Year of publication: 1990
Issue: 14
Pages: 155-166
Type: Article
More publications in: ES: Revista de filología inglesa
Abstract
We examine words of French and Italian origin from Oliver Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield (766) because they constitute an important feature of Late Modern English. We analyse context, semantic field and frequency of appearance as they reflect XVIIIth-century attitudes towards those languages.