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The long path of the English Language

The long path of the English Language. Indo- European and Germanic Influences. The Indo- European family family includes several major branches : Latin and the modern Romance languages ; The Germanic Languages ; Among others.

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The long path of the English Language

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  1. The long path of the English Language

  2. Indo-EuropeanandGermanicInfluences • The Indo-Europeanfamilyfamilyincludesseveral major branches: • Latinandthemodern Romance languages; • TheGermanicLanguages; • Amongothers • TheCommonGermaniclanguagesplitintothreedistinctsub-groups: • EastGermanic • NorthGermanic • West Germanic André, Diogo Cardoso, Diogo Xavier

  3. OldEnglish

  4. Dream Norseinvasions Shirt Skirt

  5. Be OldEnglish Water Strong Igor Lima, Igor Rocha, Isabel Neves, João Fula

  6. Beef Beef Eam Uncle The Norman Conquest and Middle English (1100 - 1500) Gentle Man Gentleman Cow Desire Wish

  7. Early Modern English (1500-1700) More than 2000 words and catch phrases come from Shakespeare. Many classical Latin and Greek words implemented thanks to the revival of classical scholarship. • Critical • Vanish into thin air • Leapfrog 2 Major factors that influenced the language and separated Middle and Modern English The advent of the printing press Great Vowel Shift (1400)

  8. Great Vowelshift • in Middle English the vowel in the English words: • samewas pronounced [aː] (= modern psalm); • feet was [eː] (similar to modernfate); • wipe was [iː] (similar to modern weep • boot was [oː] (similar to modern boat); • mouse was [uː] (similar to modernmoose).

  9. Late-ModernEnglish Pedro Ribeiro, Ricardo Sousa, Ricardo Gonçalves, Rogério Ribeiro

  10. American English 1600AD

  11. European colonization of North America

  12. Influencesofotherlanguages French Native american languages (eg. Navajo) German and Irish Spanish African languages

  13. American Influences FastFood Shopping Ok Spray Link Remix Performance Check In Internet Skate Piercing Sara, Tiago, João Rocha

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