History Of English And Language Arts

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History of English and Language Arts

English is a worldwide international language. It is the primary spoken language in most

countries around the world such as Britain, Canada, USA, New Zealand, Australia/. In the 19

century, Britain was the most active colonial country. The British colonists and explorers spread

their language wherever they went. English became the official language for most of the

countries colonized by Britain. In the 20

century, America became the most powerful nation.

Americans spread the language to other countries of the world (Curzan & Anne, 19). American

international corporations have made sure English remained the international language for

business. Hollywood and music industry have also made sure it is the primary language for

media and showbiz.

The rise of English was not only from the nature of the language but also from the fact

that it was a mature language when the European countries were expanding their influence and

spreading their culture worldwide (Kohnen & Thomas, 45). Over a thousand years ago, Western

Europe was divided into three sections, which were the east, the middle, the south and west. In

the East, people spoke Slavonic, and in the middle, they spoke German languages including the

Scandinavians. In the south and west, people spoke Latin languages. In the far west of Europe,

people spoke Celtic languages such as Gaelic. England was then a German country and its

people spoke a variety of German languages. In 1066, England defeated the Normans from

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France. They came with their language called Norman French which was also a Romance

language.

Later on, the nobility of England spoke French and read Latin while the ordinary people

spoke old English. The two languages began to influence each other since they existed side by

side. As a result, Norman French became Anglo-Norman. The old English picked up

vocabularies from Anglo-Normans and evolved into Middle English. The middle English was

quite different from other European languages (Kohnen & Thomas, 78). It was partly Germanic

and Romance. The Celtic languages also influenced the Middle English to a smaller degree.

Eventually, the Middle English spread to the largest part of the population becoming the

dominant language in England. By the 14

century, it was on the way to being the national

language of everyday life, for the administration and literature. English later replaced Latin as a

church language, which led to the translation of the Bible into English in the 14th century. It

became the language of church services in the 16

century during the Protestant Reformation. It

is from then that English became the recognized national language of Britain. English became

the national language when the colonial expansion was just beginning. The first men and women

to settle in America spoke and wrote in English. England’s early traders, adventurers, and

missionaries later spread the language around the world (Curzan & Anne, 66).

Recently, English has become a global language used all over the world. It has become

richer than in the past, picking up new words from other cultures and languages. Words

borrowed from other languages are such as kebab from Turkey, bungalow from India and potato

from American Indian. Today's English compared to the English of 100 years ago is very

different. There is no doubt English will be more different in a 100 years time.

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Work Cited

Curzan, Anne. Gender Shifts In The History Of English. Cambridge, U.K., Cambridge University

Press, 2003,.

Kohnen, Thomas. Introduction To The History Of English. Frankfurt, Peter Lang Gmbh,

Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften, 2014,.

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