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LANGUAGE HISTORY AND CHANGE

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Language History and Change

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Beginning of Language

The main reason why language began was because the human beings needed to communicate.

People who want to know the beginning of language, based their studies on Phylology.

The Indo-European is the origin of language. However, this is not the only family tree. The Proto Indu Erupean were the ones who expand the language in different parts of the world.

History of English

English is the second spoken language around the world. Germanic tribes like: Angle, Saxons, and Jutes were the first one who develop English language, then they moved to British land.

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Four periods of the English

Old English Text

  • Old English: before 1100
  • Middle English: 1100 to 1500
  • Early Modern English: 1500 to 1700
  • Modern English: after 1700

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Diachronich and Synchronic Variation

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Syntactic Changes

It implies structure of a sentence. Each period of English has its own structure sentence.

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Sematic Changes

When hawk came to be used frequently for supporters of the war and dove for its opponents, extending the meaning of these words from the combative nature of hawks and the symbolically peaceful role of doves. Today, computers users utilize a mouse and bookmark Internet addresses. These new meanings did not replace earlier ones but extended the range of application for the words mouse and bookmark."

It refers to any change in the meaning of a word over the course of time.

Broadening of meaning

Narrowing of meaning

A word is used in a general meaning.

A word is used with a specifi menaing.

Example: Meat Old Enlgish: meant "food" in general. Modern English: one kind of food.

Example: Thing Old Enlgish: a public assembly. Modern English: an entity of any kind