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

•The Common Germanic language split into three distinct sub-groups:

•East Germanic

•North Germanic

•West Germanic

André, Diogo Cardoso, Diogo Xavier

Old English

Norse invasions

Dream

Skirt Shirt

Old English

Be

Water

Strong

Igor Lima, Igor Rocha, Isabel Neves, João Fula

The Norman Conquest and Middle English (1100 - 1500)

Cow

Beef

Beef

Eam Uncle

Gentle Man Gentleman

Wish

Desire

Early Modern English(1500-1700)

Many classical Latin and Greek words implemented thanks to the revival of classical scholarship.

More than 2000 words and catch phrases come from Shakespeare.

● Critical● Vanish into thin

air● Leapfrog

2 Major factors that influenced the language and separated Middle and Modern English

Great Vowel Shift

(1400)

The advent of

the printing

press

•in Middle English the vowel in the English words:•same was pronounced [aː] (= modern psalm);•feet was [eː] (similar to modern fate);•wipe was [iː] (similar to modern weep•boot was [oː] (similar to modern boat);•mouse was [uː] (similar to modern moose).

Great Vowel shift

Factors

Industrial Revolution

British Empire

Military

Technologies

Late-Modern English

Pedro Ribeiro, Ricardo Sousa, Ricardo Gonçalves, Rogério Ribeiro

American English

1600AD

European colonization of North America

Influences of other languages

Spanish

Native american languages (eg.

Navajo)

French

African languages

German and Irish

American Influences

Spray

Check In

Ok

InternetPiercing

Shopping

Fast Food

Skate

Link Remix

Performance

Sara, Tiago, João Rocha