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English history- 1 class

English History

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English history- 1 class

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  1. English-Spanish COMPARED Grammar Saturday, July 22nd , 2023.

  2. People can speak, read, orwrite. L1 AND L2 CHILD AND ADULTS Why Grammar? We use formal and informal grammar Babiesfollowbasicpatterns. Subject-verb-object. “Itsoundsright (orwrong)” won’thelp.

  3. INTRODUCING LANGUAGES.

  4. A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH • Englandwassettled in the 5th and 6th centuries A.D. • Scandinavianinvaders in the 9th century. • Nomadictribes. • Allthesetribeswerebringingtheirlanguages. • Literature of continental Europe, written in Latin. Inflectedwords

  5. Language in 1066. • Province of Normandy- TheBattle of Hastings and becaemtheruler of England. • Natives- No french • Followers- No old English MergedLanguages

  6. Merging.. • Old English • Work • Home • Ordinarythings • French • Leisure • Artisticgoods • More sophisticatedterms.. Wamba, the jester in Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe, made a joke about this, saying that cows and pigs were Anglo-Saxon while the peasants took care of them, but Wamba, the jester in Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe, made a joke about this, saying that cows and pigs were Anglo-Saxon while the peasants took care of them, but became French (beef and pork) when they were ready to be eaten. In the same way, “house” looks and sounds like the German word Haus, but “mansion” looks like the French word for “house,” maison. became French (beef and pork) when they were ready to be eaten. In the same way, “house” looks and sounds like the German word Haus, but “mansion” looks like the French word for “house,” maison.

  7. English uses of wordswithseveralmeanings… • Give • Mean • Mansion

  8. Latin… • Waslearned in general throughoutallEurope.. • Around 1500.. English Absorbed about 25% of knownLatinVocabulary. • English, therefore, isbasically a GermanicLanguage, butone to whichlargeportion of French and Latinwereadded. • Cognates: English/French/Latin..

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