《英语的发展历史》PPT课件

Christianity religion enriched English with 400 to 500 words from Greek and Latin. Such as ancor (anchor), flasce (flask), mil(mile), papa, plante (plant).
ic lufie 我爱
þu lufast 你爱
ic lufode 我爱过
þu lufodest 你爱过 he lufode 他爱过 we lufodon 我们爱过
he lufaþ 他爱
we lufiaþ 我们爱
1066, Normans conquered England.
The country now had three languages: French for the nobles, Latin for the churches and English for the common people. So French were usually used to describe the life in the upper society. For example, Englishmen live in houses while Frenchmen live in towers.
After 1013 the Vikings dominated the land, and they also brought new words most of which begin with sk, such as sky, skin, skill and so on.
Here are some examples of old English:
450—1100 1100—1500
Old English Middle English
1500—
Modern English
Before Christ, the Celts inhabited Britain. In the 5th and 6th Centuries A.D. the Germanic tribes came to the land, and they formed the Anglo-Saxons society. Together they bring their Germanic language，which gradually replaced Celts’ own language .
After the second World War, America’s international status had been raised quickly. The economic base determines the superstructure, so American English soon came up from behind.
British English ~ 1601 American English ~ 1831
The European renaissance and the printing press brought many new words from Latin and Greek. Today we still borrow from Latin and Greek to name new inventions, like video, television and cyberspace.
British English 没有 不得不做某事 提价 上课 haven’t got have got to do sth put up prices get on a course
American Engຫໍສະໝຸດ Baiduish don’t have have to do sth raise prices take a course
example
Able was I ere I saw Elbe.
在我看到 Elbe 岛之前我是所 向无敌的.
Able was I before I saw Elbe.
This is a sentence said by Napoleon when he was exiled to the Elbe Island, and it’s interesting because it’s the same sentence whether it’s read from left to right or right to left.