French vs. English

French Loans in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales   The French loanwords are underlined: When that Aprill with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich licour Of which vertu engendred is the flour ... Modern translation:   When April with its sweet showers has pierced the drought of March to the root, and bathed every vein in such liquid from which strength the flower is engendered ...   Copyrighted material     WE ARE PARTNERS

FRENCH VS. ENGLISH

  Factors Favouring English

  Constraints on the Use of French

  The Situation of Triglossia

  The French Legacy

  Hybrid Anglo-French Forms

  French Loans in Chaucer

  The Impact of Latin

  Combined Impact of French and Latin

  Lexical Alternatives

MIDDLE ENGLISH

  Middle English Subperiods

  French vs. English

  Geoffrey Chaucer

  Emerging Standard

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