the english language
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The English Language
by Camila Cuevas Araneda
Celts
VikingsGermanic Tribes
Romans
Normands
Influences
Loanwords
Old English vs Modern English
Differences
Sound WordsSentences
Styles of English
Standard
Colloquial
Varieties of English
Sociolect
Jargon
Dialect
External
• Reasons:• Social, political,
economical, geographical, historical issues.
• Changes: grammar and sound systems.
Internal
• Reasons:• Linguistics
matters.
• Changes: speakers stopped using inflections, frequent use of ‘like’.
External and Internal changes of the English language
‘don’t split infinitives’
‘don’t end sentences with a preposition’
Prescriptive Rules
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