History of the English Language English is an Anglo-Frisian language brought to Britain in the 5th Century AD by Germanic settlers from various parts of northwest Germany. The original Old English language was subsequently influenced by two successive waves of invasion. The first was by speakers of languages in the Scandinavian branch of the Germanic family‚ who colonised parts of Britain in the 8th and 9th centuries. The second wave was of the Normans in the 11th century‚ who spoke Norman (an
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Discuss the role of language in culture. Language is the most important aspect in the life of all humans. A language is the human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication‚ and a language is any specific example of such a system. (Wikipedia.org) language is a method of human communication‚ either spoken or written‚ consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way. We use language to express or inner thoughts and emotions‚ make sense of abstract thoughts
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Plan. 1. Introduction 2. History of germanic languages. 3.1. The Indo-European languages 3.2. Historical Germanic Languages 3.3. Present day Germanic languages 3. The chronological division of the History of English. 4. Conclusion. 5. Bibliography. 1. Introduction. This paper is dedicated to the history of germanic languages. Germanic languages‚ subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages‚ spoken by about 470 million people in many
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ISL Linguistic Date: 12 January 2013 History of the English Language • Indo-European Language Family Tree • World Englishes History of the English Language Source: http://www.danshort.com/ie/timeline.htm The figure below shows the timeline of the history of the English language. * The earliest known residents of the British Isles were the Celts‚ who spoke Celtic languages—a separate branch of the Indo-European language family tree. * Over the centuries the British Isles were
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A History of Computer Programming Languages The first programming languages predate the modern computer. From the first‚ the languages were codes. Herman Hollerith realized that he could encode information on punch cards when he observed that railroad train conductors would encode the appearance of the ticket holders on the train tickets using the position of punched holes on the tickets. Hollerith then proceeded to encode the 1890 census data on punch cards which he made the same size as the boxes
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which means that they can be proved as fact or fiction. The key areas pf philosophical debate during the 20th century concern meta-ethics and meta-physics‚ where the meaning of what is said takes central stage. For instance what is the nature of language and how can statements be shown to be true or false? If we want to fully understand morality we must analyse the meaning of the key moral terms used‚ what it means‚ what it does and how it may be verified. Take the word ‘good’; we may describe it
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A History of the English Language Before the Germanic tribes arrived‚ the Celts were the original inhabitants of Britain. When the Germanic tribes invaded England‚ they pushed the Celt-speaking inhabitants out of England into what is now Scotland‚ Wales‚ Cornwall‚ and Ireland. The Celtic language survives today in the Gaelic languages‚ and some scholars speculate that the Celtic tongue might have influenced the grammatical development of English‚ though the influence would have been minimal
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History of the English Language One thing that makes human culture possible is the language‚ not thought. We cannot form a precise though without the power of words. Surely‚ we can relay on pictures‚ but language is the tool that will help the idea construct more completely‚ precisely‚ with more detail and finesse. Animals communicate‚ but their way of communication is based on cries consisted of limited number of symbols which have general meaning. Example: In case of danger: - A human
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English language and It’s role to Economic Prosperity English is known as the universal language. Almost all countries considered English language as the most influential language in the world. It is widely used in all areas and in all aspects. English is the national language of the United States of America which is considered as the most powerful country. In consider to this‚ people strive hard to speak and write using English language. For example: In a beauty pageant‚ some contestants prefer
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The role of English language in the modern time To date‚ none of the artificial languages‚ ever invented by mankind‚ never became a common world language. As a means of international communication‚ people still use natural languages. So the United Nations (UN)‚ on the basis of the real distribution and use of languages in the world (based on the total number of speakers and the number of countries using one or another language)‚ has selected their official languages of the following 6 languages:
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