LATE MODERN ENGLISH 1800 present The Industrial Revolution

LATE MODERN ENGLISH (1800 -present) ØThe Industrial Revolution (new words for things and ideas) ØThe rise of the British Empire (English adopted many foreign words ) English became a world language Chiara. Sbarbada 13

THE BRITISH EMPIRE Chiara. Sbarbada 13

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Cannibal, canyon, coyote, guitar, ranch, tornado Saloon, garage, chock, aubergine Balcony, piano, opera, orchestra, violin, umbrella Chiara. Sbarbada 13 Cruise, yacht, skipper, sketch, cookie, gin, dollar

INTERNET The explosion in technology and computer terminology was one of the reasons that explain the dominance of the USA in English today. Ex: software, hacker, laptop, database, online, hi-tech, microchip There a lot of “neologism”: download, emoticon, podcast, firewall There is also a “verbification” of nouns : to google, to friend, to email, to text Chiara. Sbarbada 13

Acronyms, contractions and shorthands for use in email, social networking and cellphone texting has grown up. lol, ttfn, btw, omg, wtf, plz, thx, ur, l 8 ter, etc. Experts still wonders whether texting is killing or enriching the English language. LOL BTW, PLZ THX CU L 8 R ASAP FAQ OMG XOXO Chiara. Sbarbada 13