the english language
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The English Language
by Camila Cuevas Araneda
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Celts
VikingsGermanic Tribes
Romans
Normands
Influences
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Loanwords
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Old English vs Modern English
Differences
Sound WordsSentences
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Styles of English
Standard
Colloquial
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Varieties of English
Sociolect
Jargon
Dialect
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External
• Reasons:• Social, political,
economical, geographical, historical issues.
• Changes: grammar and sound systems.
Internal
• Reasons:• Linguistics
matters.
• Changes: speakers stopped using inflections, frequent use of ‘like’.
External and Internal changes of the English language
‘don’t split infinitives’
‘don’t end sentences with a preposition’
Prescriptive Rules