英语发展史

1066, Normans conquered England. The country now had three languages: French for the nobles, Latin for the churches and English for the common people . 现在国家有三种语言：贵族法语 ◆So French were usually used,教堂拉丁语和平民 to 百姓英语 。 describe the life in the upper society. For example, Englishmen live in houses while Frenchmen live in towers.
新生和印刷机从拉丁语和希腊带来很多新词。
◆ Today we still borrow from Latin and Greek to name new inventions, like video, television and cyberspace.今天我们仍
借从拉丁文和希腊文名称的新发明，像视频、 电视和网络空间。
大约在五世纪左右，日耳曼族入侵英格兰岛，主要有盎 格鲁、撒克逊、朱特这三个族群。他们的方言发展成古 英语。古英语又受到了说Old Norse的斯堪地那维亚入侵 者影响。古英语内部的发展朝着简化词形变化的方向在 走，而Old Norse更加速了这个过程，特别是北方的方言。
Middle English and modern English during the Renaissance, English evolved into Middle English, in the 15th century, through vowel change, further evolved into what is called the English in modern English. Has been absorbing foreign words in English, and until today it is the same, especially Latin, Greece language. Due to this, modern English can be said to be the world's largest vocabulary of the language.
Around the Fifth century or so, island of Germanic invasion of England, notably the Anglo, Saxon, Zhu-these three ethnic groups. Their dialects developed into old English. Old English also has been said that Viacom's invasion in Old Norse of Scandinavian influence. Internal development of simplified spelling changes in the direction of English, and Old Norse has accelerated this process, especially the dialects in the North.
1066 诺曼人征服英格兰。 所以法国人通常用来形容上流社会的生活。例如，英国人住在房子里法国人 生活在塔。
British English ~ 1601 American English ~ 1831
◆ The European renaissance and the printing press brought many new words from Latin and Greek.欧洲
以400到500个希腊和拉丁词。
Such as ancor (anchor), flasce (flask), mil(mile), papa, plante (plant).如信息（锚），flasce（瓶），密耳（英里），
爸爸，普兰特（植物）。
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.经过1013维京人统治的土地，他们也带来了
新的话，其中大部分以sk开头，如天空，皮肤，技能等。
Here are some examples of old English:
ic lufie 我爱 þu lufast 你爱
ic lufode 我爱过 þu lufodest 你爱过
he lufaþ 他爱
he lufode 他爱过
we lufiaþ 我们爱 we lufodon 我们爱过
源自文库
◆ After the second World War, America’s international status had been raised quickly. 第二次世界大战后，美国的国际地位提出了
快速
◆The economic base determines the superstructure, so American English soon came up from behind.经济上的基础决定上部结构，所以美国英语不久迎头赶上。
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 English
don’t have have to do sth raise prices take a course
Middle English Modern English
Before Christ, the Celts inhabited Britain.基督以前，凯尔特人居住在英国。 In the 5th and 6th Centuries A.D. the Germanic tribes came to the land, and they formed the AngloSaxons society.在第五和第六世纪公元的日耳曼部落来
的土地，他们形成了盎格鲁撒克逊人的社会。
Together they bring their Germanic language，which gradually replaced Celts’ own language .他们一起把日耳曼语言，它
逐渐代替了凯尔特人的语言。
Christianity religion enriched English with 400 to 500 words from Greek and Latin.基督教宗教丰富英语
中古英语与近代英语在文艺复兴时期，英语进化成中古英 语，在十五世纪，由於元音大改变，英语更进一步进化 成所谓的近代英语。英语一直在吸收外来词汇，直至现 今亦是如此，特别是拉丁语、希腊语。由於如此，现今 英语可以说是世界上最多字汇的语言。
450—1100
Old English
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