1. PATRICIA DIAZ PERALTA LEXICAL ANALYSIS Unit 1: The English Language

2. The English Language ENGLISH LANGUAGE ORIGINS AND HISTORY MODERN ENGLISH VS EARLIER ENGLISH EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL CHANGE

3. The English Language 1. Origins and History: The British Isles have been inhabited by different people for at least 5.000 years English was influenced by: English (British) Celtics Germanic Latin

4. The English Language English is a Germanic Language with influences of The Angles, The Saxons and Jutes. However the word “English” derives from the Angles. English has borrowed words from other languages such as French and Latin.

5. The English Language 2. Modern English compared to earlier English and other Languages: Old English Modern English Sounds Words Sentences Differences in:

6. The English Language Modern EnglishOther Languages Vowels13 or 14 4 (Inuit and Navajo 5 (Hawaiian and Spanish) ConsonantsAt least 2535 (Polish) 8 (Hawaiian) 13 (Finnish) Syllable structureSome words may have three consonants in a syllable CV: consonant vowel (Spanish) EndingsOn verbs and nounsAlmost no endings present (Chinese) Word order and Grammatical words Not that different from Chinese. Use to mark the functions of different elements in a sentence. (Chinese) Differences between English and other languages:

7. The English Language 3. External and Internal Change External Change Internal Change Politically Geographically Socially motivated Linguistically motivated

8. The English Language External changes: (unpredictible) Causes: Language contact. (between speakers of different languages) Innovations by speakers. Issues of political and social identity.

9. The English Language Internal change: (more predictable) Causes: Children’s different way to analyze the language they hear. The previous idea may result in changes in vowels or consonants. The category of a word is reanalyzed.