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1、BriefResearchonFrenchLoanWordsinEnglishAbstract:Borrowingisanimportantwaytoenrichanddevelopnativevocabulary.OwingtothespecialhistoricaloriginandfrequentculturalcommunicationbetweenEnglandandFrance,agreatnumberofFrenchwordshavebeenborrowedintoEnglish.Theyhavebecomeanimporta
2、ntelementofEnglishvocabulary.KnowinghowFrenchwordshadbeenloantoEnglishwillhelpustoknowandlearnthetwolanguagesbetter. Keywords:English;French;Frenchloanwords;vocabularyIntroduction:Englishisjustonelanguageofthe3000languagesintheworld,ithasagreatvocabulary.Forsuchahugevocab
3、ularycan’tbecreatedbyonlyEnglish,therearelotsofwordsborrowedformotherlanguage.Asweallknow,exceptthebasicgrammar,wordsillustratethegreatrelationshipbetweenEnglishandotherlanguages.Amongalltheotherlanguages,FrenchhasdefinitelythegreatestinfluenceonEnglish.Fromsomeresearches,
4、wecanseethat30%oftheEnglishwordsareborrowedfromFrench.WhenIfindthis,threequestionscameintomymind：1.WhyEnglishborrowsuchmanywordsfromFrench?2.WhatkindsofwordsdidEnglishborrow?3.HowcanweusesuchsituationtolearnbothEnglishandFrenchwell?InthispaperIwillfocusontheanswerstotheseq
5、uestions.LiteraturereviewTherearelotsofresearchesonhowtheFrenchinfluenceonEnglish.MostofresearchesholdthatNormanConquestisthemostimportant.WhiletheDaneswereinvadingEngland,otherNorsemenraidedthecoastofFrance.OnthesouthernshoreoftheEnglishChanneltheyestablishedtheDuchyofNor
6、mandy.TheseNorsemen,orNormans,becameFrenchinlanguageandculture.Inthe11thcenturytheDuchyofNormandywasrich,populous,andpowerful.AftertheNormanConquest,thesepeoplechargedtheEnglishforalongtime,fortheyaretheupperclass,theytreatedEnglishasarurallanguage.SothewholeEnglishpeoplew
7、anttolearnFrench,andtakespeakingFrenchashonor.Between1250and1400only,therearemorethan10,000FrenchwordsinvolvedintoEnglish,andnearly75%hasbeenusedstillnow.Wordsfromdifferentfieldshadbeenborrowedgreatly,suchastreaty(条约),govern(统治),administer(管理),justice(公平),crime(罪行),sentenc
8、e(判决),goal(监狱),arm(武器),sergeant(警官),combat(战斗),peace(和平),baptism(洗礼),saint(圣人),communion(
