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1、BriefResearchonFrenchLoanWordsinEnglishAbstract:Borrowingisanimportantwaytoenrichanddevelopnativevocabulary.OwingtothespecialhistoricaloriginandfrequentculturalcommunicationbetweenEnglandandFrance,agreatnumberofFrenchwordshavebeenborrowedintoEnglish.TheyhavebecomeanimportantelementofEnglishvocabul
2、ary.KnowinghowFrenchwordshadbeenloantoEnglishwillhelpustoknowandlearnthetwolanguagesbetter. Keywords:English;French;Frenchloanwords;vocabularyIntroduction:Englishisjustonelanguageofthe3000languagesintheworld,ithasagreatvocabulary.Forsuchahugevocabularycan’tbecreatedbyonlyEnglish,therearelotsofwor
3、dsborrowedformotherlanguage.Asweallknow,exceptthebasicgrammar,wordsillustratethegreatrelationshipbetweenEnglishandotherlanguages.Amongalltheotherlanguages,FrenchhasdefinitelythegreatestinfluenceonEnglish.Fromsomeresearches,wecanseethat30%oftheEnglishwordsareborrowedfromFrench.WhenIfindthis,threequ
4、estionscameintomymind：1.WhyEnglishborrowsuchmanywordsfromFrench?2.WhatkindsofwordsdidEnglishborrow?3.HowcanweusesuchsituationtolearnbothEnglishandFrenchwell?InthispaperIwillfocusontheanswerstothesequestions.LiteraturereviewTherearelotsofresearchesonhowtheFrenchinfluenceonEnglish.Mostofresearchesho
5、ldthatNormanConquestisthemostimportant.WhiletheDaneswereinvadingEngland,otherNorsemenraidedthecoastofFrance.OnthesouthernshoreoftheEnglishChanneltheyestablishedtheDuchyofNormandy.TheseNorsemen,orNormans,becameFrenchinlanguageandculture.Inthe11thcenturytheDuchyofNormandywasrich,populous,andpowerful
6、.AftertheNormanConquest,thesepeoplechargedtheEnglishforalongtime,fortheyaretheupperclass,theytreatedEnglishasarurallanguage.SothewholeEnglishpeoplewanttolearnFrench,andtakespeakingFrenchashonor.Between1250and1400only,therearemorethan10,000FrenchwordsinvolvedintoEnglish,andnearly75%hasbeenusedstill
7、now.Wordsfromdifferentfieldshadbeenborrowedgreatly,suchastreaty(条约),govern(统治),administer(管理),justice(公平),crime(罪行),sentence(判决),goal(监狱),arm(武器),sergeant(警官),combat(战斗),peace(和平),baptism(洗礼),saint(圣人),communion(
