This exploration of medieval language contacts focuses on
the impact of the Viking and Norman invasions on the English language of
the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The book first provides
background information on post-Conquest society, culture and language,
and then presents a contact linguistic framework and a description of
research methods. The attestations, uses and statuses of Norse-derived
and French-derived words in a broad set of early Middle English texts
are subsequently discussed at length.