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1、The development of the English language,English is West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England.,The ancient English period (5th 12th) The middle English period (12th 16th) The modern English period (16th now),The ancient English period (the 5th century to the 12th century
2、),First foreign invasion: Angles, Saxons and Jutes,Anglo-Saxon vocab: house, woman, loaf, werewolf Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,Cultural Revolution Christianity was introduced into the Great Britain in A.D.597 ”martyr”()殉道者）, “bishop”（主教）， “font”（圣水器）,Second foreign invasion： The Vikings
3、action-man words: “drag”, “ransack”, “thrust”, “die”, “give”, “take”,The third foreign invasion： Normans French vocab: judge, jury, evidence, beef, mutton, pork Linguistic class division 10,000 words absorbed from Normans,The Middle English Period (the 12th century until 16th century),English became
4、 the formal language The appearance of the English edition of Bible (Wycliffes Bible and King James Bible),William Shakespeare Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613 2000 new words New words: eyeball, puppydog, dauntless, alligator New expressions: green-eyed monster, dead
5、 as a doornail,Science in English,New words such as acid, gravity, electricity Body parts: cardiac, ovary, sternum,The Modern English Period （the 16th century till now）,The invention of printing The come-out of the dictionary In 1604 the first English dictionary was published. Doctor Johnson, Dictio
6、nary of English Language: 18 inches tall, 42773entries,Between 1815 to 1914,The empire of Great Britain has covered more than 11,400,000 square miles of territory Acquired India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa etc,Voodoo,boomerang,Internet English,New words: download, firewall Abbreviation: IMHO, BTW, LOL, ILYSM, TBH,Global English,English had shown an unique ability to absorb, evolve, invade and，if were honest, steal. Hinlish, Chinglish, Singlish Chinese,Thank you ！,
