English originated in england and is the dominant language of the united states the united kingdom canada australia ireland new zealand and various island nations in the caribbean sea and the pacific ocean. 50 out of 5 stars 1.
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What are the origins of the english language and development. The main part of this website the history can be read as a kind of story in chapters following the development of the english language from its indo european origins through old english and middle english to early modern english and late modern english before a brief look at english today. However the press remains committed to sustaining research into the origins and development of the english language wherever it is spoken. English language west germanic language of the indo european language family that is closely related to frisian german and dutch in belgium called flemish languages.
The origins and development of the english language sixth edition continues to focus on the facts of language rather than on any of the various contemporary the oretical approaches to the study of those facts. Old english 450 1100 ad middle english 1100 circa 1500 ad and modern english since 1500. By john algeo thomas pyles.
Late modern english has many more words arising from the industrial revolution and technologies that created a need for new words as well as international development of the language. At no period in its history has the oxford english dictionary been profitable commercially for oxford university press. What are the origins of the english language.
The history of the english language has traditionally been divided into three main periods. History of english this page is a short history of the origins and development of the english language the history of the english language really started with the arrival of three germanic tribes who invaded britain during the 5th century ad. The british empire at its height covered one quarter of the earths land surface and the english language adopted foreign words from many countries.
The history of english is conventionally if perhaps too neatly divided into three periods usually called old english or anglo saxon middle english and modern english. The history of english five events that shaped the history of english philip durkin principal etymologist at the oxford english dictionary chooses five events that shaped the english language. Problems for algeobutchers the origins and development of the english language 7th edition john algeo.
Over the centuries the english language has been influenced by a number of other languages.
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