Middle English, Language contact in the Middle Ages, Historical background, After the battle, Norman French, The English vernacular, The decline of French, ME (1100 – 1500) – a period of great change, Selected Phonological Changes OE -> ME, Consonants, Vowels, The sounds of ME, Decay of inflexion, Levelling of inflexions, Grammatical changes, French influence on the vocabulary, Borrowing for need and prestige, Norman-French loans, Latin borrowings in ME, The rise of a London standard

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