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