How English Has Changed Over The Years

This paper compares and contrasts American English and British English. Although English is the root of both versions, there still is quite a few differences. American and British English was created over time because of Europeans traveling from England to America long ago. Though American and British English are distinguishable, both Americans and Britons could understand each other when conversing since the versions of the English language are so closely similar.

have you ever read an older piece of text and noticed anything different? such as the way the language was spoken/written. The reason our language differs from then is because of the influence of other languages around the English language its self. This influence help to create the modern English language we know today.

Wide varieties of technologies, from social media to the printing press, have changed the way people speak and write english.

The English language, although used by almost all across the United Kingdom, has been mutated and altered in so many ways that sometimes we cannot even understand it ourselves.

     The invention of new products such as computers, smart phones, gaming systems, messaging, and even email have all helped to change the way that English is spoken. Not long after the invention of the computer came out the invention of email came right after (Is English Changing). Emailing made it so that non-native speakers or people around the world could message each other in a very quick way( Suico, 2013). But if you think emailing made talking to people fast then think again, because the invention of smart phones and messaging made it even faster. Smart phones have a feature of messaging, messaging allows people to begin to make short abbreviations for longer words, and even invent some new one too (McWhorter, 2013). Big inventions like emailing, and smart phones are a big part in why English is being spoken

The English language has undergone many changes over the course of history. In the Middle Ages some of the major changes to the spoken and written language of the time were influenced by many cultural and industrial events. The biggest cultural event of the time was the Renaissance, the English language came to the forefront at this time finally becoming a widely accepted and used language in the world. In earlier times Latin and French were considered to be the languages of the educated masses, this was the first time that English began to be recognized as a language used by scholars. Another major cultural event was what is commonly referred to as the Golden Age in English Literature. Such famous authors as Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare,

     The English Language is Rich in its history. Studying the events that formed our language is vital to understand not only why we speak the way we do, but it also enables us to understand who we are. It comprises French, Latin, German, Norse, and a few lesser known tongues. Before there was written English, our texts were primarily written in Latin, and were reserved to be read by only the Pious and Royal. We also have historical landmarks such as Stonehenge that can guide us in understanding our English heritage. The language we speak today was formed only after Centuries of fierce battling, governments being overthrown, and a period of time known as the Dark Ages. During this time,

Is only time constant? Thousands of years ago, when the Roman empire was in control of the vast majority of Europe, Latin was the language that was spoken by everybody. Today, thousands of years later, Latin is a dead language. No society on the Earth today speaks Latin, but Latin words can still be found in certain texts. The poems, “Languages,” by Carl Sandburg and Don Juan by Lord Byron, use imagery to explain how languages do and do not change over time.

Ralph Fiennes was not the first to claim that the latest technology is ruining the English language, and he certainly will not be the last. Teenagers, such as myself, are usually blamed for this so-called dumbing down of the language as we are more accustomed to today’s technology. This inspired me to write an opinion column from my own point of view, wherein I challenge Fiennes’ widely spoken arguments.

All humans use a language to communicate with other humans. Overtime the human bodies have been modified to accommodate language. The human body uses 6 organs to accomplish language. The 6 organs are the lungs, vocal cords, tongue, teeth, lips and nose. Although these 6 organs main functions are eating and breathing, they have been modified over time to help exercise humans control during speech production. Linguistics is the study of how language works. Language changes over time to fit the current population. Creativity is a must in language because it gives us the freedom to produce and understand new words and sentences as the need arises. However, there are boundaries within which innovation can occur. The human language is very complex

Turn on any one of the country’s major news channels, and you may hear newscasters saying “My bad” when admitting to having made a mistake, or making reference to Ben Affleck’s and Matt Damon’s “bromance.” Then there are the grammatical changes taking place: Helping verbs like “shall” and “ought” are disappearing, while “can” and “will” are as stable as ever. There is also the great influence social media is having on the English language, introducing acronyms such as “LOL” and “BTW” and shortening our thoughts to 140 character tweets. But do all these changes indicate that the English language is deteriorating? Not at all. On the contrary, our language is simply spinning off into different dialects, each one dependent on a given group of users. The English language is in flux, not in decline.

Everyone has a different interpretation of the word, “invention”. However the word is simply defined as; a new device, method of process developed from study and experimentation. An invention is just a mental fabrication; it’s a falsehood (Dictionary.com 2013).1 Although in the essays, “Why I write” by Joan Didion, “Life in a new Language” by Eva Hoffman, and “Basmati Rice: An Essay about Words” by Audrey Thomas, each author has their own view on the English language, how they each began inventing their own writing styles, and also their reasons for why they chose to become writers. These are the three things that make their definitions of invention very particular and their own.

The actual pace of commenting on the English language was remarkably quickened in the late seventeenth through to the eighteenth century. Though a large number of language-related texts were published during this period as a result of advancements in printing (Kernan, 1989), there were new concerns with the notion of

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.

When a language travels from one site to another, it carries a lot of the new cultures ' perspectives. The origin and destination contribute to the end result. This is including words and vocabulary, and even grammar and structure. What happened to English during the last century is an obvious example of how cultures affect languages. Thousands of English words have been transferred from other languages such as Arabic, Latin, German, Sanskrit, Hindi et cetera.