3_英语语言演变.pptVIP

The Origin and Development of English, the language Guess Sky, skin, skill, ski -------Scandinavian Sir, madam -----French -logy, biology , psychology ----Greek Tele-,telegram, telephone ---Greek Balcony, corridor ---Italian * English Indo-European language family (印欧语系) Old English Middle English Modern English Old English: AD450--1066 A language that the Angles , Saxons and Jutes used before. It was closely related to the German and Dutch language. It used both Latin and Germanic scripts. A strong influence entered by way of the Vikings from Scandinavia. It was ended with the Norman Conquest. Norman Influence William, the Duck of Normandy, invaded and conquered England in 1066 ↓ Norman French replaced English as the official language ↓ Norman French became the language of the ruling class, the common people spoke Anglo-Saxon language. Middle English 1066-15c The blend of Anglo-Saxon,Latin and French is known as Middle English. Middle English poet: Geoffrey Chaucer Old English VS Middle English: Abandonment of the system of grammatical inflexions Modern English—the language of Shakespeare Renaissance: revival of classical learning----ancient Greek and Latin Standard English and English today BBC---use the speech patterns represented the educated southern uppper classes----recognized as Standard English *