Anglo-Norman
E10116
Anglo-Norman is a variety of Old Norman French that developed in England after the Norman Conquest and served as a key language of the medieval English court, law, and literature.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anglo-Norman French | 92 |
| Anglo-Norman canonical | 61 |
| Norman French | 34 |
| Anglo-Norman language | 4 |
| Anglo-Norman literature | 3 |
| Norman language | 2 |
| Old Norman | 2 |
| Old Norman French | 2 |
| Anglo-Norman culture | 1 |
| Anglo-Norman de Burgh | 1 |
| Anglo-Norman nobility | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T101515 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Anglo-Norman Context triple: [Middle English, influencedBy, Anglo-Norman]
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Middle English
Middle English is the historical stage of the English language spoken and written roughly between the late 11th and late 15th centuries, exemplified by works like Chaucer’s "Canterbury Tales."
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B.
Anglo-Frisian dialects
Anglo-Frisian dialects are a group of closely related West Germanic speech varieties historically spoken in parts of England and Frisia that formed the linguistic basis for modern English and Frisian languages.
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C.
Old English
Old English is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken and written in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland roughly between the 5th and 12th centuries.
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D.
Normans
The Normans were a medieval people of Viking origin who settled in northern France and became a powerful military and political force in Europe, most famously conquering England in 1066 under William the Conqueror.
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E.
Old High German
Old High German is the earliest recorded stage of the German language, spoken in parts of what is now Germany, Austria, and Switzerland roughly between the 6th and 11th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Anglo-Norman Target entity description: Anglo-Norman is a variety of Old Norman French that developed in England after the Norman Conquest and served as a key language of the medieval English court, law, and literature.
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A.
Middle English
Middle English is the historical stage of the English language spoken and written roughly between the late 11th and late 15th centuries, exemplified by works like Chaucer’s "Canterbury Tales."
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B.
Anglo-Frisian dialects
Anglo-Frisian dialects are a group of closely related West Germanic speech varieties historically spoken in parts of England and Frisia that formed the linguistic basis for modern English and Frisian languages.
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C.
Old English
Old English is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken and written in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland roughly between the 5th and 12th centuries.
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D.
Normans
The Normans were a medieval people of Viking origin who settled in northern France and became a powerful military and political force in Europe, most famously conquering England in 1066 under William the Conqueror.
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E.
Old High German
Old High German is the earliest recorded stage of the German language, spoken in parts of what is now Germany, Austria, and Switzerland roughly between the 6th and 11th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Oïl language
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Romance language ⓘ language variety ⓘ |
| declinePeriod | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| developedAfter |
Battle of Hastings
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surface form:
Norman Conquest of England
|
| floruit |
12th century
ⓘ
13th century ⓘ 14th century ⓘ |
| follows |
Normans
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surface form:
Old Norman
|
| hasDialect | Law French ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
loanwords from Old English
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phonological traits of Norman dialects ⓘ strong French–English code-switching in documents ⓘ |
| hasNotableAuthor |
Lawman (Layamon, via Anglo-Norman sources)
ⓘ
Marie de France ⓘ Wace ⓘ |
| hasNotableWork |
Anglo-Norman Brut
ⓘ
Roman de Rou (Anglo-Norman transmission) ⓘ |
| hasRegister |
administrative Anglo-Norman
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legal Anglo-Norman ⓘ literary Anglo-Norman ⓘ |
| hasUse |
language of English administration
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language of English law ⓘ language of medieval English literature ⓘ language of the English royal court ⓘ |
| influenced |
English administrative vocabulary
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English culinary vocabulary ⓘ English heraldic terminology ⓘ English legal vocabulary ⓘ Guernsey Legal French ⓘ Jersey Legal French ⓘ Middle English ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Gallo-Romance languages
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Italic languages ⓘ Oïl languages ⓘ Romance languages ⓘ Western Romance languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Anglo-Norman
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglo-Norman language
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| startTime | 11th century ⓘ |
| status |
historical language
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no longer spoken as a native language ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Old French
ⓘ
Anglo-Norman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Old Norman
|
| usedBy |
Anglo-Norman
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Anglo-Norman nobility
English legal profession ⓘ English royal chancery ⓘ Norman aristocracy in England ⓘ |
| usedFor |
chronicles
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legal records ⓘ parliamentary rolls ⓘ religious texts ⓘ romances ⓘ royal charters ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Channel Islands (crown dependencies)
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surface form:
Channel Islands
England ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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Subject: Anglo-Norman Description of subject: Anglo-Norman is a variety of Old Norman French that developed in England after the Norman Conquest and served as a key language of the medieval English court, law, and literature.
Referenced by (203)
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