Introduction :
It is rightly said that,"English is the easiest language to speak badly but the most difficult to use well " there is no doubt about the fact that English language has been able to occupy an important place among language of the world. It is needless to say that English is an international medium for the expression of thoughts and feelings. It has almost became a part and parcel of the accomplishments of learned mind.
Length landmarks in the history of English language :
The latin words are human, animal, dental,decimal,digital,factory etc..
French words beef, pork, veal, continue, liberty, journey ,people, very etc..
The history of English is divided into three main periods :
1) The old English period (450 to 1066)
2) The middle English period (1066 to 1500)
3) The early modern English period
The old English period :
The period existed from about the close of the 7th century to about 11th by which time the effects of the normal conquest began to be perceptible in the language. This period is also know as Anglo-Saxon period.
* The chief characteristics of the language of this period are mentioned as following :
1 )fully inflexion system with three or four Case ending for its noun and objective.
2) No silent syllables in the spoken language.
The middle English period :
This period marks the Norman conquest and can be sub-divided into two periods that is from A. D. 1100 to 1450 and from 1450-1500 which is the transitional period for the birth of the English language.The Norman French language belonged to the different family and hence it had four more foreign ways than the language of the Germans family.
The following are the chief features:
1) Inflexions were reduced.
2) The word order because less free.
3) confusion in spelling.
The modern English period :
This period is called as new English period also after the example of German scholars. In this period also we have a subdivision and it is from 1500-1700 and there after which are respectively called as the early and later modern English period.
This period has the following characteristics :
1) loss of the inflexions.
2) fixed word order.
3) The complete transformation in the pronunciation of its vowels.
Conclusion :
Global variation among different English dialects and accents remains significant today. Scots, a form of English traditionally spoken in parts of Scotland and the north of Ireland, is sometimes treated as a separate language.
So we have two impulses at work that are seemingly incompatible, or perhaps even in conflict, and the question we are faced with is how to render them as consistent, as both being part of the existence of a single entity we call ‘English’. This is one of the central issues in English language studies today – and it’s a very modern issue because it has come about as a direct result of the unprecedented position that English now occupies in the world: as a language with global scope which is implicated in the history and present-day existence of societies all around the world.
Name : Barariya Kinjal m.
TYBA ENGLISH
ROLL no . 02
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The following are the chief features:
1) Inflexions were reduced.
2) The word order because less free.
3) confusion in spelling.
The modern English period :
This period is called as new English period also after the example of German scholars. In this period also we have a subdivision and it is from 1500-1700 and there after which are respectively called as the early and later modern English period.
Name : Barariya Kinjal m.
TYBA ENGLISH
ROLL no . 02
Paper no. 13
