The-development-of-the-English-language

ThedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguageEnglishisWestGermaniclanguagethatwasfirstspokeninearlymedievalEngland.▪TheancientEnglishperiod(5th~12th)▪ThemiddleEnglishperiod(12th~16th)▪ThemodernEnglishperiod(16th~now)TheancientEnglishperiod(the5thcenturytothe12thcentury)Firstforeigninvasion:Angles,SaxonsandJutesAnglo-Saxonvocab:house,woman,loaf,werewolf…Tuesday,Wednesday,ThursdayandFridayCulturalRevolution▪ChristianitywasintroducedintotheGreatBritaininA.D.597▪”martyr”()殉道者）,“bishop”（主教），“font”（圣水器）Secondforeigninvasion：TheVikings▪action-manwords:“drag”,“ransack”,“thrust”,“die”,“give”,“take”…Thethirdforeigninvasion：Normans▪Frenchvocab:judge,jury,evidence,beef,mutton,pork▪Linguisticclassdivision▪~10,000wordsabsorbedfromNormansTheMiddleEnglishPeriod(the12thcenturyuntil16thcentury)▪Englishbecametheformallanguage▪TheappearanceoftheEnglisheditionofBible(Wycliffe’sBibleandKingJamesBible)WilliamShakespeare▪Shakespeareproducedmostofhisknownworkbetween1589and1613▪~2000newwords▪Newwords:eyeball,puppydog,dauntless,alligator▪Newexpressions:green-eyedmonster,deadasadoornailScienceinEnglish▪Newwordssuchasacid,gravity,electricity▪Bodyparts:cardiac,ovary,sternumTheModernEnglishPeriod（the16thcenturytillnow）▪Theinventionofprinting▪Thecome-outofthedictionaryIn1604thefirstEnglishdictionarywaspublished.DoctorJohnson,DictionaryofEnglishLanguage:18inchestall,42773entriesBetween1815to1914▪TheempireofGreatBritainhascoveredmorethan11,400,000squaremilesofterritory▪AcquiredIndia,Australia,Canada,NewZealand,SouthAfricaetcVoodooboomerangInternetEnglish▪Newwords:download,firewall▪Abbreviation:IMHO,BTW,LOL,ILYSM,TBHGlobalEnglish▪Englishhadshownanuniqueabilitytoabsorb,evolve,invadeand，ifwe’rehonest,steal.Hinlish,Chinglish,SinglishChineseThankyou！