INFLUENCE ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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- INFLUENCE ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- ANGLO-SAXON INVASION
- New Words: Die, Drag, House, Woman, Take
- 449-792
- Angles, Saxons and Vikings invaded after the Romans left
- Latin influence remained though Christian missionaries
- THE NORMAN CONQUEST
- William the Conqueror invaded Britain and brought the Dooms Day book along with him
- 1066
- This had the hole country speaking French
- The French language died down but influence still remained - such as Affixes to words
- New words: Sheep, Cow, Judge, Jury, Evidence
- William the Conqueror invaded Britain and brought the Dooms Day book along with him
- KING JAMES 1ST BIBLE
- New words: Metaphors & Idioms created
- Translated from Greek and Latin
- Influences on the English Bible
- INTERNET ENGLISH
- 1972 - The first Email
- 1980 - The Download
- 1990 - The Toolbar
- Abbreviations created: LOL, OMG, BRB, BTW
- AMERICAN ENGLISH
- Our previous culture and new words were borrowed by America and then brought back to Britain
- For example - we originally used "fall" to mean "Autumn" but it is not considered American English as they kept it but we changed it
- New words: Raccoon, Squash, Moose, Drugs, Pretzels, Cookies
- Our previous culture and new words were borrowed by America and then brought back to Britain
- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
- 1600'S
- 2000+ new words
- Expressed the English language through play and poetry
- Low Literacy rates - 11%
- Plays were accessible to all
- New Words: Crocodile, Alligator, Smile.
- THE RENAISSANCE
- English Language shown through Literature and Arts
- In Greek Mythology
- Latin and Greek added Affixes
- In Greek Mythology
- An increase in Trade - English can now borrow words!
- Affixes such as : anti-, bi-, and -ism.
- English Language shown through Literature and Arts
- THE DICTIONARY
- Samuel Johnson - 1755
- 1st Dictionary with over 40,000 words and meanings
- Robert Lowth - 1782
- He wrote " A short introduction to English Grammar"
- This was criticised for the rules being too sloppy
- He wrote " A short introduction to English Grammar"
- New words: Restaurant and Lager
- Samuel Johnson - 1755
- THE GREAT VOWEL SHIFT
- In order to reject French Pronunciation
- 1400-1600
- Double negatives are accepted
- 2nd & 3rd person
- Simple Syntax
- "You" = Higher class and "Thou" = lower class
- "V" --> "U"
- ENGLISH AND EMPIRE
- New Words: Barbeque, Canoe, Yoga, Bungalow, Nugget
- Caribbean, Africa, Australia
- 10 million miles squared
- 4 million people
- GLOBAL ENGLISH
- Over 350 langauges
- 1/4 of people speak natively
- English is 1/4 of people's second language
- 1/2 of people can ask for directions in English
- 1.5 BILLION people
- Over 350 langauges
- ENGLISH OF SCIENCE
- New Words: tonsil, Ovary, Acid, Electricity, Gravity
- Science used to all be in Latin
- Some physicists spoke English and English in Science became more popular
- These English scientists focused on the human body where many new words arised.
- ANGLO-SAXON INVASION
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