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19 de abr. de 2024 · English language, a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that is closely related to the Frisian, German, and Dutch languages. It originated in England and is the dominant language of the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand. It has become the world’s lingua franca.
- Varieties of English
English language - Dialects, Grammar, Vocabulary: The...
- Vocabulary
English language - Vocabulary, Grammar, Dialects: The...
- Historical Background
Historical background. Among highlights in the history of...
- Middle English
English language - Middle Ages, Dialects, Grammar: One...
- Restoration Period
English language - Restoration, Grammar, Vocabulary: With...
- African American English
African American English (AAE), a language variety that has...
- Frisian
Frisian language, the West Germanic language most closely...
- H.L. Mencken on American English
The reputation of the journalist and critic H.L. Mencken has...
- Varieties of English
Hace 3 días · The English language is far and away the most widely used in the United States. Its roots trace back to the British colonial era, which began with the settlement in present-day Jamestown, Virginia in 1607.
- Manually coded English, (multiple systems)
Hace 1 día · Abstract. Aristotle defined language as an activity that links sound and meaning, and requires therefore the coordination of two distinct systems: a phonetic system that receives and produces sounds (the sensory-motor component of language) and a cognitive system that gives meaning to sounds (the semantic component of language).
Hace 4 días · Against the backdrop of a discussion of historical perceptions of allegedly deteriorating language norms, the article analyses 106 news items published in Hong Kong between 1996 and 2020 to identify scenarios (e.g. the problem scenario), schemas (e.g. the crisis schema) as well as conceptual metonymies and metaphors (e.g. language for national identity and language is an object) that are ...
Hace 5 días · Typically, people acquire a single language initially—their first language, or native tongue, the language used by those with whom, or by whom, they are brought up from infancy. Subsequent “second” languages are learned to different degrees of competence under various conditions.
19 de abr. de 2024 · Origins of English: from Indo-European to Anglo-Saxon. 03. The Norman conquest and French influence. The history of modern English is marked by a crucial event: the Norman conquest of England in 1066. When William the Conqueror led the Norman army and defeated King Harold II, it had a profound linguistic impact on the island.
Hace 1 día · Introduction. New bits of English are invented as people use the language in new ways, but what happens when a language comes from an entirely different galaxy – somewhere like Qo’noS, home...
