The history of English language英语发展史.ppt
,英语发展史,The history of English language,English 一词的来源,Do you know?,语言的谱系分类法,Indo-European languages 46%(Europe,Southwest to South Asia,America,Oceania)Sino-Tibetan languages 21%(East Asia)Niger-Congo languages 6.4%(Sub-Saharan Africa)Afro-Asiatic languages 6.0%(North Africa to Horn of Africa,Southwest Asia)Austronesian languages 5.9%(Oceania,Madagascar,maritime Southeast Asia),语言的谱系分类法,Dravidian languages 3.7%(South Asia)Altaic languages 2.3%(Central Asia,Northern Asia,Anatolia,Siberia)Japonic languages 2.1%(Japan)Austro-Asiatic languages 1.7%(mainland Southeast Asia)Tai-Kadai languages 1.3%(Southeast Asia),In the late eighth century,the Vikings attacked England.Fighting continued for years.During this time,almost two hundred many Latin,Danish,and Norse words entered the English language.Latin gave English words like kitchen and cup.From Danish and Norse,English borrowed skin,leg,and the pronouns them,their,and they.many synonyms from the Norse language became integrated into English,for example,wrath(English),anger(Norse);sick(English),ill(Norse).,(公元11001500年),1066年,诺曼人征服英国。法语成为富人的语言和强有力的象征,但穷人主要讲英语。在14世纪末,英语再次成为第一语言。到这时,英国人使用的很多词汇来自法语或者拉丁语,并且许多早期的词汇已经不复存在。,2、Middle English,(1500-),3、Modern English,Towards the end of Middle English,a sudden and distinct change in pronunciation(the Great Vowel Shift)started,with vowels being pronounced shorter and shorter.From the 16th century the British had contact with many peoples from around the world.This,and the Renaissance of Classical learning,meant that many new words and phrases entered the language.The invention of printing also meant that there was now a common language in print.,Today,American English is particularly influential,due to the USAs dominance of cinema,television,popular music,trade and technology(including the Internet).But there are many other varieties of English around the world,including for example Australian English,New Zealand English,Canadian English,South African English,Indian English and Caribbean English.,As settle landed in North America and established the United States English found itself with two sources-American and British.,Thanks for listening!,by,Boy group,