…After the Norman Conquest, the ruling class and high clergy of England were mostly of Norman descent. They continued to hold several territories in France, including Normandy, and travel between England and France continued. Therefore, French was the everyday language of the ruling class, and was used, along with Latin, as the official language, official documents, and literature. This French is called Anglo-French (AF). English continued to live on as the everyday language of the common people, but the changes that had already begun in Late Old English, due to changes in OE itself and the influence of Nordic languages from the Danes, were accelerated by the Norman Conquest, and by the time English reappeared in the public sphere of society, it had become significantly different in characteristics from Old English. … *Some of the terminology that refers to "Anglo-French" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…ノルマン・コンクエスト後イギリスの支配階級や高級聖職者はほとんどノルマン系に占められ,またノルマンディーはじめフランス内にいくつかの領地を保有し続け,英仏間の往来が続いたので,支配階級の間ではフランス語が日常語であり,ラテン語とともに公用語,公文書,文学の言語としても用いられた。このフランス語はアングロ・フレンチAnglo‐French(略称AF)と呼ばれる。英語は庶民の日常の言語として生き続けるが,OE自身の変化にデーン人の北欧語の影響が加わってすでに古英語後期に始まっていた変化は,ノルマン・コンクエストにより拍車がかけられ,英語が再び社会の公の場面に現れるようになったときには,古英語とは著しく特徴の異なるものになっていた。… ※「アングロ・フレンチ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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