Abstract This article presents the state of the art of current research on the different types of language contact in early English. The article’s main aim is to show what kinds of phenomena have been investigated until now as possible areas of transfer/borrowing from other languages. We examine the main contact scenarios in Old and Middle English, which involve Latin, Celtic, French and Old Norse. We locate unanswered questions and underexamined hypotheses of historical language contact. We argue that the articles of the Special Collection on Language Contact in the History of English open new directions in the way we can investigate the role of early language contact in the development of English. New methodologies of research, the role of bilingualism in language change but also of the written types of contact, and the various domains of change in grammar, lexicon, and pragmatics offer insights into old and new hypotheses on scenarios of language contact.

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关于英语的历史语言接触及其类型：最新发展和新方向

摘要本文介绍了有关早期英语中不同类型的语言接触的最新研究现状。本文的主要目的是显示到目前为止，已研究了哪些现象，作为可能从其他语言进行转移/借用的领域。我们研究了古英语和中古英语的主要联系方式，其中涉及拉丁语，凯尔特语，法语和古北欧语。我们找到了未回答的问题和对历史语言接触的未充分审查的假设。我们认为，《英语历史上的语言接触专刊》的文章为我们研究早期语言接触在英语发展中的作用开辟了新的方向。新的研究方法，双语在语言变化中的作用以及书面联系的类型，