Influence Of English On English

In Malaysia, English language is stereotypically considered as a person’s second or third language. Majority of Malaysians’ native language is Malay for Malays, Tamil for Indians, Mandarin for Chinese or colloquial dialects for those from rural areas. In this paper, I would reflect on my English language learning experiences.

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,

After the French invasion in 1066, for example, English did not dissolve but incorporated French words, such as temptation and sovereign. Now, the English language will adopt new words to suit our lives better, utilising elements of textspeak. This should not be hindered, as Humphrys argues, but encouraged, as there are many advantages to the use of textspeak.

During the Middle Ages, the south-east of England - in particular the triangular area with focal points in London, Oxford, and Cambridge - became a region of special social and economic influence. Social change always has a linguistic sequel. It was inevitable that the speech of those south-easterners in routine contact with the worlds of courtly culture, commerce, and learning would increase in prestige, and begin to be evaluated as a more polished, elegant, and altogether more desirable medium of communication than the varieties available elsewhere. The stage was set for the emergence of a standard language. The linguistic climate of a community changes as a standard language grows. When one dialect achieves a special social position, associated

It was required to write down all these peculiarities and occasions, similar as Doomsday survey of 1086, demanding to state their position in written form. As they noted, some replies came in Latin, but one reply was written in French and noted as ``the earliest piece of business French survived in England ``. The instruction in Inquest was issued in Latin, and none of the replies are in English, showing that it was not the language of records at that time. The extensive numbers and use of the clerks was evident doing translations in Latin, sometimes French. Anglo-Saxons kings had their own scribes in monasteries and abbacies in the countryside, whereas Henry I constructed a centralized bureaucracy of royal clerks at Westminster, differ in the same way in displaying their authority, first by traditional values, the letter dissolution of his authority in the numbers of royal writs with his orders. The proliferation of documents was gradually expanded, to barons 1200, to knights by 1250, and peasants by 1300. One interesting result of the proliferations of documents is the cursive form, called `court hand ` in its own time, and testifies of a ``common pressure of doing business``( p 129 clanchy).From the beginning of the 12th century, as a result of individual adaption of `a minuscule`` from the purpose of quickly writing, thus denoting shift from memory to written record with the difference from very early roman writings in Latin, in the middle Ages they separate individual words from each other. A peculiarity in the Middle Ages period writing is existing a bad writing, so we find many incompetently written

The English language is no different than it was a century ago; however, it has been culturally changing over the past few decades. It is common knowledge to humans that each ethnicity has their own formal language they speak and that they perceive various styles of language in different manners. Language style is the choice of words used by a specific group of people when they speak. Although we have the ability to speak to everyone in the same proper way, naturally we, including myself, tend to change our speech depending on where we are, who we are associated with, and the situation we are encountered in.

Nowadays, the roles of English around the world have changed rapidly. English only served as the first or the second language of certain countries some years ago. Recently, English has a new role as a language which is used as a means of communication between people with different

William Shakespeare 's utilization of dialect still moves gatherings of people today, after 400 years. Four centuries of world-history, flooding with life, love, disaster, and misfortune, have breathed easy set the last accentuation stamp on Shakespeare 's work. Researchers have concentrated his legacy, looking for a comprehension of "why despite everything we give it a second thought", and, how it 's conceivable that "the plays have been performed in practically every dialect." Aside from his conspicuous ability with exposition, what is it about Shakespeare 's work that keeps him significant in classrooms, on stages, in movies, in hearts, in brains—and, "even in detainment facilities, [where] educators find […] Shakespeare offers

Editor Doug Larson once remarked, “If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers.” Even at an early stage, all English learners realize how complex and versatile the English language can be. Due to its extensive lineage and consistent reformation, the English language holds a highly diversified panorama of linguistic landscape. Dating back as early as 410 A.D., the fall of the Roman empire, neighboring countries and tribes vigorously fought for the rule of England (Literature). In the act, they transformed human interaction and left imprints of influence not only in monarchy or social paradigms, but in linguistic advancements as well. The English language has been a hybridized substance molded in the hands of war, exploration, and cultural innovation.

In the mid-seventeenth century, vocabularies, or word references, were simple in shape. Arrangements of Latin words had been around for a few hundreds of years. Word references in the vernacular, in any case, were seconds ago developing from basic hard-word records to suit individuals who did not know the meaning or the spelling of a word. Since the vernacular was just supplanting Latin, the dictionary had not balanced out and etymology had not been created as an ability. Abstract works and authority business exchanges were done in Latin so that lexicons of the vernacular were not sought after. There was no requirement for a thorough overview of English in the seventeenth century since it was not the dialect of the informed. Latin was transmitted by grammarians, individuals still looked to grammarians for etymological choices. Language structure books had an edge over lexicons in basic leadership about dialect. Language structure books had Latin-English word records, while lexicons had English-English postings. In the seventeenth century, punctuation books were still all Latin, notwithstanding

Through the colonization process, several varieties of the English language were produced. Examples of the “New Englishes” were Australian English, South African English, Caribbean English, and South Asian (History: Late

French is the eleventh most widely-spoken language in the world. It is the official language of 33 countries in the world and it is spoken in two of the G7 countries. 200 million people around the world understand, speak, read or write French and the language is the mother tongue of 75 million people. French is the official language of postal services across the world and is one of the official languages of the International Red Cross. The French-speaking Africa represents an area larger than the USA. French is the most widely taught second language after English and over 20,000 English words have their origins in French. In terms of number of words, French is the second largest language after English. In the humanities and the social sciences many of the most important writings have come from France.

The possibility that the way we think is influenced by our language has interested scholars for hundreds of years. The strong view of this 'language relativity hypothesis ' or 'Sapir-Whorf -hypothesis ' where our actions are determined only by language has been widely abandoned. However answering the question whether language can still shape our thoughts to some extent has been proven more difficult. In this paper I will examine some of the recent research that seems to support the idea that although language does not completely dictate how we think it can have an impact on our cognitive fuctions.

English Language proficiency is the ability of an individual to speak or perform in English Language.  English Language is a compulsory subject in both primary and secondary schools in Malaysia. For those local undergraduates who plan to pursue their tertiary education at Malaysian universities, they are required to register a stipulated credit hour of English courses based on the result of their Malaysian University English Test (MUET), which is an English proficiency assessment course. According to Wall Street Journal, there is only 0.00002%, which is 2 out of 100,000 candidates scoring band 6 or “excellent” in Malaysian University English Test (MUET) for March and July 2014. And there is around 10,000 candidates scored band 5 that is “good” or “competent” (band 4).

A) Dialect is what you speak, or your register. Language is usually seen/associated with a standard language. If two people can understand each other, they are speaking the same language, but not necessarily the same dialect. Languages are typically looked at as prestigious, official, and written; while dialects are spoken and unofficial (often referred to as a type of slang). Language is the method of human communication which is either spoken or written. Dialect is a variety of language, distinguishable by grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and geography.