大学英语——The-history-of-English

TheHistoryOfEnglish12OriginLanguageONEPARTOriginEnglishisaWestGermaniclanguagethatoriginatedfromAnglo-FrisiandialectsbroughttoBritaininthemid5thto7thcenturiesADbyAnglo-SaxonsettlersfromwhatisnownorthwestGermany,westDenmarkandtheNetherlands,displacingtheCelticlanguagesthatpreviouslypredominated.TheOldEnglishoftheAnglo-SaxoneradevelopedintoMiddleEnglish,whichwasspokenfromtheNormanConquesteratothelate15thcentury.AsignificantinfluenceontheshapingofMiddleEnglishcamefromcontactwiththeNorthGermaniclanguagesspokenbytheScandinavianswhoconqueredandcolonizedpartsofBritainduringthe8thand9thcenturies;thiscontactledtomuchlexicalborrowingandgrammaticalsimplification.ModernEnglish,similarinmanyaspectstotheEnglishspokentoday,wasinplacebythelate17thcentury.TheEnglishlanguagecametobeexportedtootherpartsoftheworldthroughBritishcolonization,andisnowthedominantlanguageinBritainandIreland,theUnitedStatesandCanada,Australia,NewZealandandmanysmallerformercolonies,aswellasbeingwidelyspokeninIndia,partsofAfrica,andelsewhere.Britain、IrelandtheUnitedStates、CanadaAustralia、NewZealandmanysmallerformercoloniesTWOPARTLanguageWhatisEnglish?HistoryoftheEnglishLanguageAshorthistoryoftheoriginsanddevelopmentofEnglish9OldEnglish(450-1100AD)MiddleEnglish(1100-1500)ModernEnglishEarlyModernEnglish(1500-1800)LateModernEnglish(1800-Present)Today,AmericanEnglishisparticularlyinfluential,duetotheUSA'sdominanceofcinema,television,popularmusic,tradeandtechnology(includingtheInternet).ButtherearemanyothervarietiesofEnglisharoundtheworld,including,forexample,AustralianEnglish,NewZealandEnglish,CanadianEnglish,SouthAfricanEnglish,IndianEnglishandCaribbeanEnglish.VarietiesofEnglish11EnglishisamemberoftheGermanicfamilyoflanguages.GermanicisabranchoftheIndo-Europeanlanguagefamily.TheGermanicFamilyofLanguagesTHANKSFORWATCHING