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Around the fifth century AD, Germanicspeaking people invaded Eastern England. The Norman conquest of England in 1066 greatly influenced the evolution of the language. The pronunciation of French words in English has become completely different.
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09.22.10 8th Grade History of the English Language
Around the fifth century AD, Germanicspeaking people invaded Eastern England. The Norman conquest of England in 1066 greatly influenced the evolution of the language. The pronunciation of French words in English has become completely different.
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Around the fifth century AD, Germanicspeaking people invaded Eastern England. The Norman conquest of England in 1066 greatly influenced the evolution of the language. The pronunciation of French words in English has become completely different.
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The English language belongs to the evolution of the language. Germanic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. c. The Normans heavily influenced Around the fifth century AD, Germanic- what we call Modern English. speaking people from northwest Germany (Saxons and Angles) and Jutland (Jutes) d. Only a few English words come from invaded Eastern England. French.
These people spoke Germanic dialects e. English follows a typically French
that formed pattern of stress. Old English. The Norman conquest of England in 1066 greatly influenced the evolution of the language. For about 300 years after this, the Normans used Anglo-Norman as the Many French words are similar to English language of (though the court, law and administration. The pronunciations are often quite different) Normans because heavily influenced what we call Middle English absorbed a large vocabulary from English. Norman Later, during the English Renaissance, and French, after the Norman Conquest. many words As a came directly from French, Latin and result, a large portion of English Greek. vocabulary Early Modern English began around the derived from French, with some spelling Elizabethan period. differences (word endings, use of old French I. Read and circle the correct answer. spellings, etc.), as well as occasional differences in meaning. 1. Who invaded Eastern England The around the fifth century AD? pronunciation of French words in English a) Germanics has b) Saxons and Angles and Jutland become completely different and follows c) Indo European and Germanic a typically Germanic pattern of stress. Native 1. Where did words come from during speakers of Latin the English renaissance period? languages, for example, that do not a) Normans understand b) English, French and Normans any Germanic languages, often still c) French, Latin and Greek cannot distinguish between spoken English and 1. Why are French words similar to Dutch. English? a) Because pronunciation was III. Read the text again and answer similar the questions. b) Because English absorbed a large vocabulary from Norman a. What did Germanic people invade? and French c) Because English conquered the French b. Where did Germanic speaking people come from? 1. Who still do not understand Germanic Languages? a) Native speakers of Latin c. What languages did they speak? language b) Germanic c) English and Dutch d. The Normans use Anglo-Norman as a language of…. II. Read the text again and identify the incorrect information in each sentence . IV. Find the mistakes in the a. English is part of the Latin languages. sentences and correct them. 1. My cousin Lucas is the most fast of all the athletes. 2. I got the baddest mark of my life. 3. Cheyenne bought the expensive house of the neighborhood. 4. The lion is one of the dangerousest animals. 5. Mana writes the most saddest song in Latin America. 6. That is the goodest cake of the cake shop. 7. The elephant is the most fattest animal in Africa. 8. The English test was the easyest test of all my subjects.