Topic > The English Language - 1111

When many different peoples came to invade England, they brought their unique languages ​​with them. In this way, the English language began to absorb vocabulary and grammatical rules from a huge number of linguistic sources (Boeree, 2004). The English language has transformed and changed to meet the needs of speakers. New words are created to refer to new ideas, objects and technologies clearly and competently. Throughout history, words from all over the world arrived in England and changed the very nature of the language. For example, Old English vocabulary words were pronounced very differently from Modern English (Boeree, 2004). For example, the letters k, q, v, x, and z were not used during this time period (Boeree, 2004). When the language transitioned into the Middle English period, there were three main dialects: Northern, Midlands and Southern (Boeree, 2004). Modern English is influenced mainly by Northern Middle English and then by some Southern Middle English (Boeree, 2004). From the northern part, we have retained the plural of nouns such as they, them and them and also the third person singular of verbs with -s such as strokes (Boeree, 2004). From Southern Middle English, we kept the long o as if it were stone and the ch sound for the letter c as church (Boeree,