The Influence of the Norman Conquest: Incorporating French Into English Culture and Language

The Normans conquer the influence of France to Normandy and British culture and language of England. 1066 Normandy is a coastal area of ​​France and it is on the opposite side of Britain. The name comes from the northern population who settled in that area in just one or two years before Norman's conquest. The population of the Normans was mainly Scandinavian from the 9th to the 10th century, but in this century it will move from 966 to 1066 people. It is mainly French population (Baugh, 1959, p.

English history - Old English - influence of Celtic, Latin, Scandinavian - influence on grammar and syntax - conquest of Norman - influence of France - growth of national emotions - English - "medieval English - degenerate deformation - grammatical gender Loss - French influence on vocabulary - Dialectic diversity - Emergence of standard English - Contribution of leading authors to English - "Joe, Spencer, Shakespeare, Milton - English Bible translation impact

In Norman conquest of 1066, the Norman French dialect (French influenced by German) arrived in England. Old English is no longer dominant as Learning Center gradually moved from Winchester to London. Norman French spoken by nobility and old English spoken by ordinary people mixed up with Central English with the passage of time. By the 12th century, about 10,000 French words were included in English. Some words are used instead of English words, but other words coexist in slightly modified sense. The spelling changed when people with the background of Norman and French wrote English words as they heard. Other changes include loss of sex of nouns, some word forms (called variants), silent "e", and more restrictive word sequence integration. Joe wrote in middle English in the late 13th century.

One of the most obvious influences of this conquest was the introduction of Anglo Norman, an ancient Norwegian in old French, as a language of the English ruling class, replacing the old dominant English. Norman French words entered into English, and another sign of this transformation was the use of French common name instead of Anglo - Saxon 's name. Men's names like William, Robert and Richard soon became common; women's names changed more slowly. Norman's invasion had little effect on the place name, and these names changed significantly after the initial Scandinavian invasion. It is unknown how much Norman invaders have learned English and how much Norman France's knowledge has spread to lower classes but the requirement for trading and basic communication is at least some Normans and native speakers It means bilingual.