The long path of the English Language IndoEuropean

The long path of the English Language

Indo-European and Germanic Influences The Indo-European family includes several major branches: • Latin and the modern Romance languages; • The Germanic Languages; • Among others • The Common Germanic language split into three distinct sub-groups: • East Germanic • North Germanic • West Germanic André, Diogo Cardoso, Diogo Xavier

Old English

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The Norman Conquest and Middle English (1100 - 1500) Beef Cow Beef Eam Uncle Gentle Wish Man Gentleman Desire

Early Modern English (1500 -1700) Many classical Latin and Greek words implemented thanks to the revival of classical scholarship. More than 2000 words and catch phrases come from Shakespeare. 2 Major factors that influenced the language and separated Middle and Modern English Great Vowel Shift (1400) The advent of the printing press ● Critical ● Vanish into thin air ● Leapfrog

Great Vowel shift • in Middle English the vowel in the English words: • same was pronounced [aː] (= modern psalm); • feet was [eː] (similar to modern fate); • wipe was [iː] (similar to modern weep • boot was [oː] (similar to modern boat); • mouse was [uː] (similar to modern moose).

Late-Modern English Industrial Revolution British Empire Factors Military Technologies Pedro Ribeiro, Ricardo Sousa, Ricardo Gonçalves, Rogério Ribeiro

American English 1600 AD

European colonization of North America

Influences of other languages French Native american languages (eg. Navajo) German and Irish Spanish ges gua n a l an Afric

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