Paper Topic: The influence of the church: Discuss the influence of Latin and Norman French on English with regard to the ecclesiastical Language. Note which of these are ultimately of greek origin. Compare this set to the forms which were calqued, i.e. translated from one of these languages (e.g. Holy Spirit) and to those which were built upon native germanic religious vocabulary (e.g. God, Easter). Or, You can choose The influence of vocabulary of Norman French: Choose one area of borrowing to focus on, for example, cuisine, fashion, government,military, medicine, law. Collect a substantial list of borrowings, along with a comparable list of native english terms. Discuss the political, cultural, and social implications of these borrowings. Be sure to mention which ones are clearly Norman (rather than parisian) french in origin, based on their phonological form or on semantic clues.