Many things happened during the 11th century, not only in terms of historical events, but also about language development. The Norman Conquest was one of those events. The battle of Hastings ended with William of Normandy in the power. William of Normandy invades England founding a new social and language era. During this time, William established French as a powerful language, although English continues to be the main language and continues to be used by the majority of people. Another important issue was that the Normans introduced feudalism to England and they also created the “Doomsday book” which was a book in which they administrated the taxes that the people had to pay to the king.
Due to the Norman intervention, English began to change. Grammar, word order, the creation of “had” and “shall” as auxiliary verbs, all these aspect changed because of the intervention of the Normans in England.
After reading this article I realised that the origins of English is really varied. A bit of different cultures helped to create the English that we are learning now and the English that we will teach in the future.
Due to the Norman intervention, English began to change. Grammar, word order, the creation of “had” and “shall” as auxiliary verbs, all these aspect changed because of the intervention of the Normans in England.
After reading this article I realised that the origins of English is really varied. A bit of different cultures helped to create the English that we are learning now and the English that we will teach in the future.
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