变化中的英语复重点总结.docVIP

变化中的英语复习重点总结全世界语言 → 4000-5000种 (P7) Dead language → no living speakers (P7) Historical variation → variation over time Regional variation → variation in different places (P15) RP Standard English Network English: Standard English → Written English RP → Received Pronunciation ( Also Southern Educated British English) Network English → Educated American English (P19) Vocabulary change in English (P23-24) 词汇来源：Borrowing(e.g dim sum), Abbreviations(e.g MTR), Translations(e.g dragon boat)(P28-29) 英国语言→ English, Welsh(Wales地区) Gaelic （Scotland地区）( P36) Dialects→ Different ways of speaking the same