https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory History of English Language en-us 2019-05-13 16:34:39 UTC 2025-04-05 17:48:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f1ec-1f1e7.png jessica_goulart https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory/wish/359563803 The history of English is conventionally,divided into three periods usually called Old English (or Anglo-Saxon), Middle English,and Modern English. ]]> 2019-05-13 16:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory/wish/359563803 jessica_goulart https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory/wish/359563804 The earliest period begins with the migration of certain Germanic tribes from the continent to Britain in the fifth century A.D..]]> 2019-05-13 16:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory/wish/359563804 jessica_goulart https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory/wish/359563806 In my opinion, the most distinctive difference is the elaborate system of inflections. Nouns, adjectives, and even the definite article are inflected for gender, case, and number: ðære ðeode "(of) the people" is feminine, genitive, and singular, Angle "Angles" is masculine, accusative, and plural, and swilcum "such" is masculine, dative, and plural. ]]> 2019-05-13 16:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory/wish/359563806 jessica_goulart https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory/wish/359563807 The period of Middle English extends from the twelfth century through the fifteenth. The influence of French (and Latin, often by way of French) upon the lexicon continued throughout this period, the loss of some inflections and the reduction of others accelerated, and many changes took place within the phonological and grammatical systems of the language.]]> 2019-05-13 16:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory/wish/359563807 jessica_goulart https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory/wish/359563808 In general word order is now very close to that of our time, though the present tense verbs still receive a plural inflection. The number of inflections for nouns, adjectives, and verbs has been greatly reduced, and is closer to Modern than to Old English.  ]]> 2019-05-13 16:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory/wish/359563808 jessica_goulart https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory/wish/359563810 The period of Modern English extends from the sixteenth century to our own day. The early part of this period saw the completion of a revolution in the phonology of English that had begun in late Middle English and that effectively redistributed the occurrence of the vowel phonemes to something approximating their present pattern.]]> 2019-05-13 16:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory/wish/359563810 jessica_goulart https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory/wish/359563812 As English came into contact with other cultures around the world and distinctive dialects of English developed in the many areas which Britain had colonized, numerous other languages made small but interesting contributions to the word-stock. Nowadays English is one of the most spoken language in the World.]]> 2019-05-13 16:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory/wish/359563812 jessica_goulart https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory/wish/359563813 2019-05-13 16:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory/wish/359563813 jessicasgoulart20 https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory/wish/359578048 2019-05-13 17:02:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory/wish/359578048 jessicasgoulart20 https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory/wish/360598211 William Shakespeare]]> 2019-05-16 01:00:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicasgoulart20/EnglishLanguageHistory/wish/360598211