大学英语——The-history-of-English.ppt

TheHistoryOfEnglish,1,2,Origin,Language,,ONE,PART,Origin,,,EnglishisaWestGermaniclanguagethatoriginatedfromAnglo-FrisiandialectsbroughttoBritaininthemid5thto7thcenturiesADbyAnglo-SaxonsettlersfromwhatisnownorthwestGermany,westDenmarkandtheNetherlands,displacingtheCelticlanguagesthatpreviouslypredominated.,TheOldEnglishoftheAnglo-SaxoneradevelopedintoMiddleEnglish,whichwasspokenfromtheNormanConquesteratothelate15thcentury.AsignificantinfluenceontheshapingofMiddleEnglishcamefromcontactwiththeNorthGermaniclanguagesspokenbytheScandinavianswhoconqueredandcolonizedpartsofBritainduringthe8thand9thcenturies;thiscontactledtomuchlexicalborrowingandgrammaticalsimplification.,,ModernEnglish,similarinmanyaspectstotheEnglishspokentoday,wasinplacebythelate17thcentury.TheEnglishlanguagecametobeexportedtootherpartsoftheworldthroughBritishcolonization,andisnowthedominantlanguageinBritainandIreland,theUnitedStatesandCanada,Australia,NewZealandandmanysmallerformercolonies,aswellasbeingwidelyspokeninIndia,partsofAfrica,andelsewhere.,Britain、Ireland,theUnitedStates、Canada,Australia、NewZealand,manysmallerformercolonies,,TWO,PART,Language,WhatisEnglish?HistoryoftheEnglishLanguageAshorthistoryoftheoriginsanddevelopmentofEnglish,9,,,,,OldEnglish(450-1100AD),MiddleEnglish(1100-1500),ModernEnglishEarlyModernEnglish(1500-1800),LateModernEnglish(1800-Present),Today,AmericanEnglishisparticularlyinfluential,duetotheUSAsdominanceofcinema,television,popularmusic,tradeandtechnology(includingtheInternet).ButtherearemanyothervarietiesofEnglisharoundtheworld,including,forexample,AustralianEnglish,NewZealandEnglish,CanadianEnglish,SouthAfricanEnglish,IndianEnglishandCaribbeanEnglish.,VarietiesofEnglish,11,EnglishisamemberoftheGermanicfamilyoflanguages.GermanicisabranchoftheIndo-Europeanlanguagefamily.,TheGermanicFamilyofLanguages,THANKSFORWATCHING,。