the history of English language英语语言发展历史-.docVIP

? Late Modern English (1800-Present ? The main difference between Early Modern English and Late Modern English is vocabulary. Late Modern English has many more words, arising from two principal factors: firstly, the Industrial Revolution and technology created a need for new words; secondly, the British Empire at its height covered one quarter of the earths surface, and the English language adopted foreign words from many countries. ? 晚期现代英语(1800-Present ? 早期现代英语与晚期现代英语的主要区别是词汇。晚期现代英 语增加了许多词汇，这主要有两个因素：首先，工业和技术革 命的出现需要更多的新词；其次，英帝国在其鼎盛时期覆盖了 地球大约四分之一的面积，英语也许多其他国家吸收了很多新 词。 The industrial revolu