English 一词的来源
The language historian divides English history into three times:
语言的谱系分类法
1. Indo-European languages 46% (Europe,
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Southwest to South Asia, America, Oceania) Sino-Tibetan languages 21% (East Asia) Niger-Congo languages 6.4% (SubSaharan Africa) Afro-Asiatic languages 6.0% (North Africa to Horn of Africa, Southwest Asia) Austronesian languages 5.9% (Oceania, Madagascar, maritime Southeast Asia)
In the late eighth century, the Vikings attacked England. Fighting continued for years. During this time, almost two hundred many Latin, Danish, and Norse words entered the English language. Latin gave English words like kitchen and cup. From Danish and Norse, English borrowed skin, leg, and the pronouns them, their, and they. many synonyms from the Norse language became integrated into English, for example, wrath(English),anger(Norse);sick(English),ill (Norse) in North America and established the United States English found itself with two sources-American and British. Today, American English is particularly influential, due to the USA's dominance of cinema, television, popular music, trade and technology (including the Internet). But there are many other varieties of English around the world, including for example Australian English, New Zealand English, Canadian English, South African English, Indian English and Caribbean English.
语言的谱系分类法
6. Dravidian languages 3.7% (South Asia)
7. Altaic languages 2.3% (Central Asia,
Northern Asia, Anatolia, Siberia) 8. Japonic languages 2.1% (Japan) 9. Austro-Asiatic languages 1.7% (mainland Southeast Asia) 10. Tai-Kadai languages 1.3% (Southeast Asia)
（公元1100—1500年）
3、Modern English
Towards the end of Middle English, a sudden and distinct change in pronunciation (the Great Vowel Shift) started, with vowels being pronounced shorter and shorter. From the 16th century the British had contact with many peoples from around the world. This, and the Renaissance of Classical learning, meant that many new words and phrases entered the language. The invention of printing also meant that there was now a common language in print.
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2、Middle English
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