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    Letters Department of English THE NORMAN CONQUEST AND THE FRENCH INFLUENCE ON MIDDLE ENGLISH SENTENCE OUTLINE I. INTRODUCTION General aspects about the origin of the English language Brief presentation of the Norman Conquest II. ENGLISH, FRENCH, LATIN - THREE LANGUAGES IN USE Aspects of the social and political transformations occured after the Conquest The roles of each on the three languages in the society of the time III. FRENCH INFLUENCE ON ENGLISH SPELLING AND PRONOUNCIATION Influences

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    As a major in French literature, I must travel to France to perfect my French and experience French culture first-hand; for, the most comprehensive way to learn a language is to be immersed within its culture and people. Fortunately, I have discovered an excellent program in Besancon, France, which specializes in French grammar and language. This program is perfect because it will allow me to develop my French language and grammar skills quickly and effectively. Now, although I am more passionate

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    WHY I WILL CHOOSE FRENCH LANGUAGE? French language is the official language in 29 countries; it is a romance language that actually descended primarily from Vulgar Latin. French is the second most widely learned language after English, and it is alongside with English that is tough. The writing system are included the vocabulary, numerals, alphabets and the grammar. In this globalization, more than 200 million people speak French on the five continents. The capital and largest city in France is Paris

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    quite similar episodes, but for more shorter periods). Indeed, colonised for more than 130 years (1830-1962), Algeria was considered by the French government as a province of France which never be

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    the Official Languages Act exempts the Supreme Court from being required to understand both official languages. Moreover, the Supreme Court Act (SCA), does not include provisions regarding the official languages of Canada. Therefore, the Supreme Court Act upholds the exemption of the Supreme Court from understanding the proceedings without the aid of an interpreter. As a result, the "Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada" stipulate that parties may choose to use either official language and "simultaneous

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    “We do not need French of an Official Language, your pushing it onto us” (Will Ferguson, pg#365) Canada believes that they did not need French has an official language. Then they finally got elected to the Official Languages Act into the election, they got to have the right to use whatever language they wanted and then thought that they were getting the French language pushed onto them. The Official Languages Act finally got elected into the election for the first time ever by the liberal group

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    from a country where there are multiple languages I can learn, it makes it a fun way to witness people speaking in all these different languages but also stressful not to understand what they are saying. Languages are part of my everyday life. I read and write in three different languages, I speak three different languages and also listen to people talk in a lot of different languages. I experienced different languages, mostly in school. I believe language has an effect on everyone and when I hear

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    The History of the Word Damn Essay

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    entered the English language and answering the questions how, when and why it has come to mean the things it does is difficult to answer. It can be used to mean condemn or condemn specifically to hall (by God), and can be used as mild profanity. Tracing the road damn has traveled to become both a religious term and a swear word shows many interesting features of language and the ways in which language are used. The word damn entered the English language from the Old French word damne-r during

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    text structure and use of language, the difference increases the less scientific a text is. Thus, four academic communities – first indicated by Johan Galtung – are mentioned in Siepmann’s essay “Academic writing and Culture: An Overview of Differences between English, French and German”: the Saxon, the Teutonic, the Gallic and the Nipponic (Siepmann, 2006, p. 132). Siepmann (2006) examines the reasons and consequences by comparing ten different aspects of English, French and German style. According

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    Damn It Essay

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    The word damn entered the English language from the Old French word damne-r during the Middle English period and first appeared in writing in the early 14th c. (OED s.v. damn). In Latin the word dampnā-re meant to damage, hurt or condemn, which, with the suffix con-, meaning together or intensive, became the French and English word which is more or less condemn. It did not get it’s current spelling until the 16th century; before it was sometimes spelled <dampne> or <dam> before settling down and

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