Write an essay in which you analyze the sociopolitical causes and effects of the French language impinging itself on the English language after the Norman Conquest. During the Norman occupation, about 10,000 words were adopted into English, some three-fourths of which are still in use today. Even as the French vocabulary found its way into every social and political sphere, English was gradually demoted to everyday, menial use. Expand on this discussion in your essay.
Use a minimum of two academic sources to support your argument, neither of which should be your textbook. You may find the following sites helpful in your research:
- Online Etymology Dictionary
- Historic UK
- The Literature Network