英语词汇学ppt课件.pptx

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1、Chapter3TheGrowthoftheEnglishVocabulary(2)----British&American3.1WorldEnglishesThestatusoftheEnglishlanguageasthelinguafrancaintheworldisbeyonddoubt.ButEnglishseeminglyaresultofglobalization,sowewouldfindobviousdisparitiesamongitsspeakersfromdifferentregions,reflectingcharacteristicsoftheirho

2、meregions.AbetterwordtodescribethedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguagecanprobablybe"glocalization"becauseEnglishisbecomingmoreglobalandcommoninuseforinternationalcommunication,andabsorbinglocalcharacteristicsfromtheregionthatitcomesto.3.1.1ThespreadofEnglishTheoutboundspreadofEnglishtemporallyfalls

3、intofourstages.Thefirststagestartedfromthelate17thcenturytothe18thcenturywhenEnglishissettledintosomeEnglishcolonieswiththenewinhabitants,suchasAmerica,Canada,AustraliaandNewZealand.ThesecondstagefeaturestheIndustrialRevlutionofthe18thand19thcenturies.Advancesintechnologybroughtagreatamountofn

4、ewEnglishwordintobeing.Thethirdstagewasfromthelate19thcenturytotheearly20thcentury,highlightedbythetwoWorldWars.ThemajorforceininternationalizingEnglishcamefromAmerica,whichleapedtoasuperpowerinbotheconomyandpolitics.Thefourthstagewassincethelate20th.ThedrivingforceinthisperiodwastheAmericanin

5、novationofinformationtechnology,especiallytheadvancedcomputertechnologyandtherapiddevelopmentoftheInternet.AccordingtoDavidCrystal,therearesome75territoriesinwhichEnglishisspokenasamothertongueoranimportantsecondlanguage.Heputforwardthreeconcentriccirclestheinnercirclereferstothetraditionalbas

6、esofEnglish.theoutercirclereferstothenon-Englishcountrieswherethelanguageisusedasa"secondlanguage"forinstitutionalpractices.theexpandingcircleinvolvingthenationswhereistaughtasaforeignlanguage,mainlyforsomespecificpurposes.3.1.2FeaturesofEnglishasagloballanguageOverhalfofthewordsintheEnglishvo

7、cabularyhavetheiroriginsinLatin.SinceitsspreadoutsidetheBritishIsles,Englishhasbeenthemostreadytoborrowwordsfromotherlanguageaswell.AnexampleofthegrowinginterestintheresearchofEnglishasagloballanguageisthewebsite.3.1.3Englishnativizatio