“新经典”系列 语言学类 -- 英语发展史English_in_Ireland_and_Scotland_and_Wales.ppt

EnglishinIreland,ScotlandWales

Overview

TheUK

IrelandNorthernIreland

TheUnionJack

FormationoftheUnionJacEnglishinIreland

RepublicofIrelandFactsCapital DublinArea total:70,280sqkm

land:68,890sqkm

water:1,390sqkmPopulation 4,015,676(2005est.)LanguagesEnglish(official)isthelanguagegenerallyused,Irish(official)(GaelicorGaeilge)spokenmainlyinareaslocatedalongthewesternseaboard.

NorthernIrelandFactsCapitalCity BelfastNationality BritishandIrishNationalDay 17March StPatrick’sDayArea 14,139sqkmPopulation 1,685,000(Census2001)MajorCities Belfast,LondonderryLanguages English,IrishandUlsterScotsAnthem(song) GodSavetheQueen

NorthernIrelandFactsNorthernIrelandliesinthenortheastoftheislandofIreland,covering5,459squaremiles(14,139sqkm),aboutasixthoftheisland’stotalarea.NorthernIrelandisthesecondmostsparselypopulatedpartoftheUKafterScotland,with317peoplepersquaremile(122persqkm).

NorthernIrelandHistoryIn1801thewholeofIrelandbecamepartoftheUnitedKingdom,withtheadoptionofthenametheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIreland.Afteryearsofcivilwar,Irelandbecamearepublicin1921.Atthistime,BritainnegotiatedwithIrelandtokeepthesixcountiesinthenorth-eastofIreland.ThesesixcountiesnowmakeupwhatisknownasNorthernIreland.ThesouthernpartoftheislandistheRepublicofIreland,orEire.1927-ThecurrentnameoftheUK,theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland,wasadopted.

BriefTimeline(Ireland)

400sSt.Patrick.700-800Irishmonasticismreacheditszenith.795Full-scaleVikinginvasion.1170FirstEnglishinvolvementinIreland.1172PopedecreedthatHenryIIofEnglandwasfeudallordofIreland.1300sAlllandinIrelandunderEnglishcontrol.St.Patrick(c387-493)HenryII(1133-1189)

1400sEnglishcontrolconfinedtothePale.1534HenryVIIItookcontrolinIreland