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100 BCE
HISTORY OF ENGLISH
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100 BCE
ANGLOSAJON
Until up yours stop, the combination of tribes gave the term Anglo-Saxon, the words appeared: house, woman, bread and werewolf. The first four days of the week were named, in honor of the Anglo-Saxon gods, Christianity entered with words such as: martyr, bishop, and source.
The Vikings introduced words like: drag, plunder, fast and die. -
Period: 1066 to 1558
CONQUEST NORMANDA
In 1066, William the conqueror invades England, bringing the French league with Gauloise with words such as: judge, justice, jury and evidence.
Latin was used in the church, but the man spoke English, loudly until others understood it.
English absorbs 10,000 new words from the Normans.
The war of 100 years against France began, English predominated as a language of power. -
Period: 1500 to
GLOBAL ENGLISH
English has demonstrated a unique ability to absorb, evolve, invade steal words from different parts of the world, to more than 350 languages, this establishes English as a global institution
At this moment, around the world, 1.5 million people speak English, a quarter of these are native speakers. -
Period: 1564 to
SHAKESPEARE
William Shakespeare, invention 2 000 new words among them, eyeball, puppy, anchovy, intrepid, blemish, lackluster and crocodile.
Shakespeare's poetry showed the world that English was rich, vibrant, with unlimited expressivity and emotional power. -
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THE BIBLE OF KING JAMES
In 1611 a new translation of the Bible was made, it was reaching the root of the language, calling the attention of the upper classes as the lower class, the words used took root in Great Britain.
The King James Bible taught us various lessons, metaphors and morality that still continues to shape the way in which the English language is spoken to this day. -
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THE ENGLISH OF SCIENCE
Before the 17th century, scientists were not really recognized. Britain was full of physicists, such as Robert Hooke, Robert Boyle and Issac Newton.
Here seemed words like: acid, gravity, electricity and pendulum.
The scientists became aware of the human body, adding new words such as: cardiac, amygdala, ovary, sternum, penis and vagina, the latter to say sex. -
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THE ENGLISH AND THE EMPIRE
Great Britain went to the Caribbean looking for gold and discovered the words: barbecue, canoe, cannibal, cummerbund, crimson, bungalow; in Africa they found the words voodoo and zombie, from Australia the words nuget, boomerang and walkabout.
This left variety of English all over the world. -
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AMERICAN ENGLISH
When the British arrived in America they needed names for the new plants and animals and borrowed the words raccoon, squash and elk, from the Native Americans. From the Dutch they took the words: coleslaw and cookies, from the Germans they took the words pretzels from delicatessen and the Italians took the pizza.
Capitalism brought the words fusion and reduction; of old English the words were forgotten: taps, diapers and sweets. -
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THE AGE OF THE DICTIONARY
The lexicographer Dr. Jonhson wrote a dictionary that contained 42,763 words. They continued inventing words and in 1857 he began a book that would become the English dictionary of Oxford.
It ended in 1928 and is still being revised, since even people continue to invent words. -
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INTERNET AND ENGLISH
In 1972 arrives the electronic mail, a service to share information, ideas and images.
This updated form of communication again brought the typing and with this, modifications to the writing, making abbreviations and contractions in the language.