诺曼征服与英语语言的发展

Norman Conquest and Development of English

英语的形成与外族的入侵有着密不可分的关系,在英国历史上,诺曼征服对英语语言的发展有着特殊的意义。法国人的到来注入了法国的文化意识和语言形式,对英语语言的发展提出新的要求并带来新的挑战,这就要求英语既要顺应社会的发展,又要保持本民族语言的独立性,还要求英语在隶属于法语之下时,从自身的演化上寻求发展的空间。词汇中的同化现象大量吸纳外来词既可以丰富、拓展英语词汇量,又能为其将来重新确立主导地位寻求可能。

There is a close relationship between the formation of English and foreign invasion. Norman Conquest embodies special meaning for the development of English in the history of England. French man came to England along with its cultural ideology and language. The development of English faced to new requirement and challenge, it demanded that English not only maintain the individuality of its own but conform to the tendency of society. When English submitted to French, it must get the new change in its interior. A great deal of loan words were introduced to English and enriched the vocabulary, at the same time, this change could offer the opportunity to English to get reestablishment in the future.