CONTENTS
摘要
Abstract
1.1 Basic understanding about religion and English vocabulary-5
1.1.1 A brief introduction of religions and vocabulary changes-5
1.1.2 Three stages of English vocabulary’s development-6
2. Christianity influence English vocabulary-8
2.1 Newly added words from Christianity-8
2.2 Word’s meaning changes brought by Christianity-10
2.3 Christian words in daily communication-12
2.4 Enriched English idioms-13
3. Islam influence English vocabulary-16
3.1 Overall introduction of Islam development-16
3.2 English loan words from Islam-19
3.3 Islam-related words in certain fields-21
3.4 Characteristics of Arabic loanwords-22
4. Relations between Hinduism and English vocabulary-23
4.1 The origin and development of Hinduism-23
4.2 Religious meaning of Hinduism loanwords-25
4.3 Distinguish features of Hinduism loanwords-28
5.Conclusion-28
