Journal of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University (Sep 2015)

MIDDLE ENGLISH: ENGLISH OR FRENGLISH?

  • L.M. Ikalyuk,
  • U.T. Tatsakovych

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15330/jpnu.2.2-3.22-28
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 2-3
pp. 22 – 28

Abstract

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The article focuses on a general description of Middle English considering the impact of the French language on its development during this period. Despite an extensive number of French borrowings in different layers of the English language, the language remained English and its predominant features were still those of Germanic origin.