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Language Contact in the second phase of the French Influence on Middle English

Name: Language Contact in the second phase of the French Influence on Middle English
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Author: Lydia Albrecht
ISBN: 978-3-656-25809-4

Term Paper, 2012

17 Pages, Grade: 1,3

Lydia Albrecht (Author)

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Table of Content

1. Introduction

2. Languages in Contact
2. 1 What is Language Contact?
2. 2 How do languages come into contact?
2. 3 What happens to languages in contact?

3. French influence on the English language
3. 1 First Contact Situation
3. 1.1 Norman Invasion
3. 1. 2 French Aristocracy Background
3. 1. 3 Norman French versus English
3. 2 Loss of Normandy
3. 3 Second Contact Situation
3. 3.1 Re- establishment of English
3. 3.1.1 Foreign Invasion & Opposition
3. 3.1.2 Decline of French
3. 3. 2 Norman French versus Central French

4. Conclusion

5. Bibliography

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Title: Language Contact in the second phase of the French Influence on Middle English
College: University of Potsdam
Course: Seminar Middle English
Grade: 1,3
Author: Lydia Albrecht (Author)
Year: 2012
Pages: 17
Catalog Number: V198945
ISBN (eBook): 9783656257653
ISBN (Book): 9783656258094
File size: 437 KB
Language: English
Keywords: Norman Conquest, Middle English, French Influence on English, Language Contact

Quote paper: Lydia Albrecht (Author), 2012, Language Contact in the second phase of the French Influence on Middle English, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/198945

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