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失传的英语词汇重出江湖

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TermsofendearmentintheEnglishlanguagelike“darling”and“mydove”havebeenusedforhundredsofyears,butothersfelloutoffavor.NowyoucanfindoutmoreaboutlotsofphrasesoverthepastthousandyearsinavastdatabaseofEnglishwordsandphrasesthat’sjustbeenpublishedonline.DoctorMarkAlexanderisseniorlecturerofEnglishatGlasgowUniversity.ValorySandersonaskedhimformoreexamplesofphrasesorwordsthathavenowbecomeobsolete.

Sowhydoesthelanguagechangedramaticallyovertheyears?

Soabout70%ofEnglishisborrowed.Wejustborrowabetterwordoradifferentwordforvariety.Sowordslike“belly”trytogetreplacedbytheLatin“abdomen”.Justbecausepeoplelikeshowoff.Theylikevariationintheirlife.Orsometimesbecausethemiddle-classesadoptatermwhichdistinguishesthemfromtheworkingclassesandsoon.Foralongtime,theanimalsheepandthemeatthatyougotfromasheepwas“sheep”.AndthenaftertheFrenchcameoverinNormanConquest,youthenhadwordslike“mutton”appearingwhichistheFrenchfor“sheep”.And“muttons”applytothemeat.Youcanseehowsocietyhaschangedveryquicklyjustbylookingatwords,forexample“foreignpeople”.Andyoucanseesomeveryoffensivetermsandbeenreplacedinlateryearswithmuchnicerterms.Sameforwoman.AlotofthetermsforwomaninthehistoryofEnglisharequiteoffensive.

DoctorMarkAlexander.

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