Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 40 views

    The Story of English

    Uploaded by

    dfbdb
    1) English originated in medieval England and has evolved over time from Old English to Middle English to Modern English, gaining influence from other languages like French and those of colonies like India. 2) New forms of English have developed through technology and social media, using abbreviations, acronyms, and new words to enable fast communication. 3) English is now a global language, spoken internationally and used officially in many countries and organizations around the world.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    The Story of English

    Uploaded by

    dfbdb
    40 views7 pages
    1) English originated in medieval England and has evolved over time from Old English to Middle English to Modern English, gaining influence from other languages like French and those of colonies like India. 2) New forms of English have developed through technology and social media, using abbreviations, acronyms, and new words to enable fast communication. 3) English is now a global language, spoken internationally and used officially in many countries and organizations around the world.

    Original Description:

    Assignment

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    1) English originated in medieval England and has evolved over time from Old English to Middle English to Modern English, gaining influence from other languages like French and those of colonies like India. 2) New forms of English have developed through technology and social media, using abbreviations, acronyms, and new words to enable fast communication. 3) English is now a global language, spoken internationally and used officially in many countries and organizations around the world.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    40 views7 pages

    The Story of English

    Uploaded by

    dfbdb
    1) English originated in medieval England and has evolved over time from Old English to Middle English to Modern English, gaining influence from other languages like French and those of colonies like India. 2) New forms of English have developed through technology and social media, using abbreviations, acronyms, and new words to enable fast communication. 3) English is now a global language, spoken internationally and used officially in many countries and organizations around the world.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    of 7

    Dr. A.N.K. D.A.V.

    Public School
    The Story of
    English
    Language
    Hritankhi Tripathy
    Ayashkant Nayak
    Introduction
    English is a West Germanic language that was
    first spoken in early medieval England and is
    now a global lingual franca.
    It is the official language in almost 60
    sovereign nations.
    It is also an official language of the European
    Union, the united nations and many other
    global or international organisations.
    Evolution of English
    The birth of English language took place in the 5th century AD whenEarly
    threeModern English
    The Great
    Germaniac tribes, the Angles, Saxons and Jutes invaded Britain. During that Vowel Shift
    time the British spoke a Celtic language. shorter. At the same tim
    Old English (500-1100)AD : globe. The Renaissanc
    That developed the first form of English which we call Old English. phrases and new word
    Old English
    grammar
    did not sound or look like today’s English. But, nevertheless, about half of and make it f
    Modern English words have roots from Old English. 1604, the first English
    Middle English (1100-1500) : Late Modern English (
    When France conquered Britain, French became the language of the The eliteEnglish
    class we use to
    and it also marked the beginning of the Middle English Era. There wasbetween
    a Early and Lat
    manyBut
    linguistic divivsion; the rich spoke French while the poor spoke English. more
    in words. The
    the 14th century, English started regaining its dominance. for new words and dur
    words.
    Influence from other
    languages
    The English language spread across the world when the British colonised
    numerous countries like India, America, Australia etc. It influenced the
    education systems and the official national language in the colonies. But at
    the same time, it was a lot influenced by the regional local languages as
    well.
    New Gen English
    An alphabet soup of acronyms, abbreviations, and neologisms has grown up
    around us. We are old enough to have learned the acronyms we now think of
    as text speak on the online forums and ‘internet relay chat’ (IRC) that pre-
    dated text messaging. On IRC, acronyms help speed up a real-time typed
    conversation.
    With forums like Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Hike, Instagram and other
    social media channels offering instant interaction with wide audiences, it’s
    never been easier to help a word gain traction from your armchair.
    Some interesting facts
    • The following sentence contains seven different spellings of the sound “ee”: ‘He
    believed Caesar could see people seizing the seas’.
    • Do you know what is special about the following sentence? ‘The quick brown
    .fox jumps over the lazy dog’. This type of sentence is called a ‘pangram’ as it
    uses every letter in the English language.
    • There are nine different ways to pronounce ‘ough’ in English. This sentence
    contains all of them:  ‘A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman
    strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed
    and hiccoughed.’
    • Due to a printing error, there was a word in the English dictionary from 1932 to
    1940 which didn’t have a meaning.  The word was ‘Dord’ and it became known
    as ‘ghost word’.
    • English is the official language of the sky! It doesn’t matter which country they
    are from, all pilots speak in English on international flights.
    • Approximately one new word is added to the English language every two hours
    and around 4,000 new words are added to the English dictionary every year.
    With this, we bid adieu……But before that….a last challenge…….its a
    tough one…….try saying this sentence aloud without making errors
    “sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick”…………..

    You might also like