Created by Telichko Evgenyi Form 8a The History of English

History of the English language is inseparably linked with the history of England. It began in the 5 century, when Britain, at that time inhabited by the Celts and Romans in part, invaded three Germanic tribes.The German influence was so strong that soon in almost the entire country from the Celtic and Latin languages is almost nothing left. Only in remote areas of Britain, who were not captured by the Germans, to preserve local Welsh and Gaelic languages. These languages have survived and today: they are called the Celtic languages, as opposed to German English. History of the English language is inseparably linked with the history of England. It began in the 5 century, when Britain, at that time inhabited by the Celts and Romans in part, invaded three Germanic tribes.The German influence was so strong that soon in almost the entire country from the Celtic and Latin languages is almost nothing left. Only in remote areas of Britain, who were not captured by the Germans, to preserve local Welsh and Gaelic languages. These languages have survived and today: they are called the Celtic languages, as opposed to German English.

Then, in the Britain from Scandinavia Vikings came with their Old Icelandic. Then in 1066, England captured the French. Because of this, the French language for two centuries been the language of the English aristocracy, and the old English used a simple people. This historical fact is very significant impact on the English language: it is a host of new words, the dictionary has almost doubled. Therefore, it is in the lexicon of splitting into two versions of English - the high and low, respectively, French and German origin - you can quite clearly feel today.

Despite all the external influences the core language remains the Anglo-Saxon. In the XIV century, English became the literary language, and language rights and education. And now that the mass emigration from Britain to America, the language brought by settlers there, and continued to change in a new direction, often keeping their roots in British English, and sometimes very much changing. Thanks to a doubling of the English language dictionary and today has a lot of the same in meaning of words - synonyms, resulting from the simultaneous use of two different languages.

used at international conferences in the League of Nations for the negotiations. Even then, it became clear that improvements in its teaching and the development of objective criteria by which to learn the language more effectively. used at international conferences in the League of Nations for the negotiations. Even then, it became clear that improvements in its teaching and the development of objective criteria by which to learn the language more effectively. The beginning of the globalization of English By the beginning of XX century the English language more and more evident becomes the language of international communication. English, along with other languages of international communication,

Following the extensive influence of Great Britain and the United Kingdom from the 18th century, via the British Empire, and of the United States since the mid-20th century, it has been widely dispersed around the world, becoming the leading language of international discourse and the lingua franca in many regions.It is widely learned as a second language and used as an official language of the European Union and many Commonwealth countries, as well as in many world organisations. It is the third most natively spoken language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish It is the most widely spoken language across the world. Following the extensive influence of Great Britain and the United Kingdom from the 18th century, via the British Empire, and of the United States since the mid-20th century, it has been widely dispersed around the world, becoming the leading language of international discourse and the lingua franca in many regions.It is widely learned as a second language and used as an official language of the European Union and many Commonwealth countries, as well as in many world organisations. It is the third most natively spoken language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish It is the most widely spoken language across the world. English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria.

A significant number of English words are constructed based on roots from Latin, because Latin in some form was the lingua franca of the Christian Church and of European intellectual life. The language was further influenced by the Old Norse language due to Viking invasions in the 8th and 9th centuries. A significant number of English words are constructed based on roots from Latin, because Latin in some form was the lingua franca of the Christian Church and of European intellectual life. The language was further influenced by the Old Norse language due to Viking invasions in the 8th and 9th centuries. Historically, English originated from the fusion of languages and dialects, now collectively termed Old English, which were brought to the eastern coast of Great Britain by Germanic (Anglo-Saxon) settlers by the 5th century – with the word English being derived from the name of the Angles, and ultimately from their ancestral region of Angeln (in what is now Schleswig-Holstein).

vocabulary and spelling conventions began to give the superficial appearance of a close relationship with Romance languages to what had now become Middle English.The Great Vowel Shift that began in the south of England in the 15th century is one of the historical events that mark the emergence of Modern English from Middle English. vocabulary and spelling conventions began to give the superficial appearance of a close relationship with Romance languages to what had now become Middle English.The Great Vowel Shift that began in the south of England in the 15th century is one of the historical events that mark the emergence of Modern English from Middle English. The Norman conquest of England in the 11th century gave rise to heavy borrowings from Norman-French, and

The Oxford English Dictionary lists over 250,000 distinct words, not including many technical, scientific, or slang terms. The Oxford English Dictionary lists over 250,000 distinct words, not including many technical, scientific, or slang terms. Owing to the assimilation of words from many other languages throughout history, modern English contains a very large vocabulary. Modern English has not only assimilated words from other European languages but also from all over the world, including words of Hindi and African origin.

Заимствованные английские слова из французского: court,servant,guard,prince,vassal,government, serf, village army, battle, banner, victory religion, chapel, prayer, to confess. из скандинавского: they, them вместо hie,hem take, cut,get, are,fellow,gear, ill, happen, happy, husband, kick, law, leg, low, odd, rove, rug, scale scalp, skill, skin, skip, skull, tight, ugly, wrong и др. nay, fro, skirt, dike, sky, screech, nay, fro, skirt, dike, sky, screech,