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1、英语发展简史作为英语的爱好者或憎恶者，你到底对其了解多少呢？让我们从它的出身一探其面吧标签：英语起源美式英语拉丁语窗体顶端英语发展历史 HistoryoftheEnglishLanguageAshorthistoryoftheoriginsanddevelopmentofEnglishThehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagereallystartedwiththearrivalofthreeGermanictribeswhoinvadedBritainduringthe5thcenturyAD.Thesetribes,theAngles,th
2、eSaxonsandtheJutes,crossedtheNorthSeafromwhattodayisDenmarkandnorthernGermany.AtthattimetheinhabitantsofBritainspokeaCelticlanguage.ButmostoftheCelticspeakerswerepushedwestandnorthbytheinvaders-mainlyintowhatisnowWales,ScotlandandIreland.TheAnglescamefromEnglalandandtheirlanguagewasc
3、alledEnglisc-fromwhichthewordsEnglandandEnglisharederived.GermanicinvadersenteredBritainontheeastandsouthcoastsinthe5thcentury.OldEnglish(450-1100AD)PartofBeowulf,apoemwritteninOldEnglish.TheinvadingGermanictribesspokesimilarlanguages,whichinBritaindevelopedintowhatwenowcallOldEnglis
4、h.OldEnglishdidnotsoundorlooklikeEnglishtoday.NativeEnglishspeakersnowwouldhavegreatdifficultyunderstandingOldEnglish.Nevertheless,abouthalfofthemostcommonlyusedwordsinModernEnglishhaveOldEnglishroots.Thewordsbe,strongandwater,forexample,derivefromOldEnglish.OldEnglishwasspokenuntila
5、round1100.MiddleEnglish(1100-1500) AnexampleofMiddleEnglishbyChaucer.In1066WilliamtheConqueror,theDukeofNormandy(partofmodernFrance),invadedandconqueredEngland.Thenewconquerors(calledtheNormans)broughtwiththemakindofFrench,whichbecamethelanguageoftheRoyalCourt,andtherulingandbusiness
6、classes.Foraperiodtherewasakindoflinguisticclassdivision,wherethelowerclassesspokeEnglishandtheupperclassesspokeFrench.Inthe14thcenturyEnglishbecamedominantinBritainagain,butwithmanyFrenchwordsadded.ThislanguageiscalledMiddleEnglish.ItwasthelanguageofthegreatpoetChaucer(c1340-1400),b
7、utitwouldstillbedifficultfornativeEnglishspeakerstounderstandtoday.ModernEnglishEarlyModernEnglish(1500-1800) Hamlet'sfamous"Tobe,ornottobe"lines,writteninEarlyModernEnglishbyShakespeare.TowardstheendofMiddleEnglish,asuddenanddistinctchangeinpronunciation(theGreatVowelShift)started,w
8、ithvowelsbei
