https://padlet.com/juniaamarals/ik3xpaxiz3y4 This padlet wall intends to provide a few information regarding some key events that took place during the Late Modern English Period en-us 2018-06-06 02:30:44 UTC 2018-06-06 03:33:08 UTC hello@padlet.com juniaamarals https://padlet.com/juniaamarals/ik3xpaxiz3y4/wish/265777807 This is a very important part of the history, especially to the English Language because due to a few facts that happened during  this period of the 19th Century. In what concerns to the language itself, it is paramount for us to keep in mind that this Revolution brought up many new words to the language, mainly technical words/expressions. Why? It's pretty simple... they felt the need to start their commercial interchanges. 
The industrial and scientific advances of the Industrial Revolution created a need for neologisms to describe the new creations and discoveries. To a large extent, this relied on the classical languages]]> 2018-06-06 02:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/juniaamarals/ik3xpaxiz3y4/wish/265777807 juniaamarals https://padlet.com/juniaamarals/ik3xpaxiz3y4/wish/265778885 British colonialism had begun as early as the 16th Century, but gathered speed and momentum between the 18th and 20th Century. This was a positive part of the history of the language because that's when the language officially starts to take part in all the sectors. However, important scholars accepted English as the "world language" . Colonialism was a two-way phenomenon, and Britain’s dealings with these exotic countries, as well as the increase in world trade in general during this time, led to the introduction of many foreign loanwords into English  ]]> 2018-06-06 02:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/juniaamarals/ik3xpaxiz3y4/wish/265778885 juniaamarals https://padlet.com/juniaamarals/ik3xpaxiz3y4/wish/265779546 This is the period that English starts taking over most of its territorial's speakers and that is the when English starts not getting influenced but influencing many other speakers and regions. ]]> 2018-06-06 02:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/juniaamarals/ik3xpaxiz3y4/wish/265779546 juniaamarals https://padlet.com/juniaamarals/ik3xpaxiz3y4/wish/265780244 In 1813, Thomas Jefferson wrote in a letter: "The new circumstances under which we are placed call for new words, new phrases, and for the transfer of old words to new objects." Right now, the need of an own dialect is felt and this guy mentioned above is the pioneer. The biggest excuse for the spreading of the language, was the expansion of a few powers . Nowadays, there are many videos like this one down below, that shows how to get an "american accent", however, it is quite hard to do so when thinking that the process of getting this accent done took so long. ]]> 2018-06-06 02:56:29 UTC https://padlet.com/juniaamarals/ik3xpaxiz3y4/wish/265780244 juniaamarals https://padlet.com/juniaamarals/ik3xpaxiz3y4/wish/265781694 When African people were brought to the North America, they needed to work and so to communicate as well. Although some communication could be established, they needed to get the English Language acquired in order not to misunderstood and get involved in misunderstanding. In order to establish a proper way of communicating African people had to find a path between English and their own language and that's the dialect that nowadays is called "back English" ]]> 2018-06-06 03:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/juniaamarals/ik3xpaxiz3y4/wish/265781694 juniaamarals https://padlet.com/juniaamarals/ik3xpaxiz3y4/wish/265782272 That's the period that many significant changes go into the Language. Noah Webster is a well-known guy because he is responsible for many changes in the American spelling and pronunciation. For many Americans, like Webster, taking ownership of the language and developing what would become known as American Standard English was seen as a matter of honour. ]]> 2018-06-06 03:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/juniaamarals/ik3xpaxiz3y4/wish/265782272 juniaamarals https://padlet.com/juniaamarals/ik3xpaxiz3y4/wish/265782698 Even though there is, now, a specific and intact syntactical/morphological structure many plays and books were released back in the 19th Century  and they were the ones which broke a little down these rules. Clearly, this is English taken to a whole new level, pushing the boundaries of the language. James Joyce is a great name among the plays of the century.  ]]> 2018-06-06 03:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/juniaamarals/ik3xpaxiz3y4/wish/265782698 juniaamarals https://padlet.com/juniaamarals/ik3xpaxiz3y4/wish/265783354 The language is still changing as long as its speakers are still evolving and creating new words, slang, abbreviations, and expressions. Nowadays, the language is everywhere... it's a universal one and many dialects are still getting stronger, what is it very curious because it is just like the history is repeating nowadays, just in a different point of view in what concerns to power and place. ]]> 2018-06-06 03:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/juniaamarals/ik3xpaxiz3y4/wish/265783354