Analysis and reflection done by Hugo Churches
Lucy Rucker article of the history of the old English Language is congruent according to the evolution of Old English, it makes me think how English was a language with strange words with no meaning but nowadays some of these words have a distinctive meaning, let alone the creation of new words in the now Modern English we use at this period of time in our lifes. So as far as I am concerned, according to Lucy Rucker, the appearance of English started with Germanic tribes that settled in Britain up to the eleventh century, after this time, Old English was now a reflection of the Anglo-Norman-French so leads me to think that these languages were later combined to form one English interpretation but its evolution didn’t stopped at this point, Middle English which is “derived” from the Old English, according to Lucy Rucker’s point of view, is a type of English that evolved In that time up to do the present which is now a more Modern and Advanced English which is more easy to understand. So, Lucy Rucker’s point of this is actually telling us the origins of this language by specifying a little story of its first appearance. Some of the most important concepts that this article contain is mainly the title, The History of English Language, which tell us the origins of English from long time ago, also telling that English also came from Britain, Lucy Rucker’s article also tries to inform us that Modern English is a hard language to learn, a language that always changes, always adds new words or forms to correctly learn it and be able to understand it. Lucy’s article about English origins article contains good information but still, some information is missing like the way they were able to maintain it while the Germanic tribes were settling down in Britain, a very difficult information to research I might add but at least some examples would do the job, this examples could maybe help me to compare both old English and Modern English. In conclusion to this article, I might say that I agree with the information distributor (Lucy Rucker), I must say that I didn’t knew that English started to spread thanks to the Germanic Tribes also I think that the author stated her point on how English is a language that is always changing and spreading across the globe.
Friday, August 27, 2010
The History of the English Language by Risa
Analysis and reflection done by Hugo Churches
English has become a global language, that’s true, but what about its origins? According to Risa’s article, English was a language which wasn’t as old as any other language; in fact, it’s more likely considered to have existed after several old languages had become obsolete or survived when others started disappearing. The old English that has evolved and that now we use nowadays started when some documents regarding its origin gave examples of the “Common Germanic Futharc”, described as the runic alphabet. These documents where written records, records written in English, they date from the mid to late seventh century. So, this language was old, but is it efficient like now? No, Risa’s article specified that English is a “stress language” which we actually use to distinguish words that we use, we stress on a syllable, one example Risa’s used was the FOLKes and folcES, both of these words are unrecognizable if we happened to find them in some document because now, in this modernized English, we now say Folks. Now, this article also shows that old English arrived in England during the fifth century, as told in the past article by Lucy Rucker, this language was spoken by Germanic tribes which were the Angles and the Saxons. These Germanic tribes called their language, “Englisc”. Although this tribe had already settled at England, its language didn’t become common on England until the 10 century. I can now say that English already existed in the fifth century but thanks to England politics and territory gain objectives might have blocked the development of the evolution of English. Risa’s article and all this information published looks good, has detailed explanation, examples where applied which really got me an idea on how English was weird to understand as a common language and contain a little information where other languages where at that time so as far as I am concerned Risa’s articles didn’t missed anything or didn’t forgot nothing to research, I didn’t knew the fact that English came from Angles and the Saxons which were persons that belonged to the Germanic tribes. So, in conclusion, I can say that language “Englisc” from the Germanic tribe (Angles and Saxons), was just a beginning of the evolution of Modern English which now is a global language. If we analyze how people used words in that time we can figure out how difficult was to learn English but now there are electronic and didactic tools that helps us learn English in a faster, better way.
English has become a global language, that’s true, but what about its origins? According to Risa’s article, English was a language which wasn’t as old as any other language; in fact, it’s more likely considered to have existed after several old languages had become obsolete or survived when others started disappearing. The old English that has evolved and that now we use nowadays started when some documents regarding its origin gave examples of the “Common Germanic Futharc”, described as the runic alphabet. These documents where written records, records written in English, they date from the mid to late seventh century. So, this language was old, but is it efficient like now? No, Risa’s article specified that English is a “stress language” which we actually use to distinguish words that we use, we stress on a syllable, one example Risa’s used was the FOLKes and folcES, both of these words are unrecognizable if we happened to find them in some document because now, in this modernized English, we now say Folks. Now, this article also shows that old English arrived in England during the fifth century, as told in the past article by Lucy Rucker, this language was spoken by Germanic tribes which were the Angles and the Saxons. These Germanic tribes called their language, “Englisc”. Although this tribe had already settled at England, its language didn’t become common on England until the 10 century. I can now say that English already existed in the fifth century but thanks to England politics and territory gain objectives might have blocked the development of the evolution of English. Risa’s article and all this information published looks good, has detailed explanation, examples where applied which really got me an idea on how English was weird to understand as a common language and contain a little information where other languages where at that time so as far as I am concerned Risa’s articles didn’t missed anything or didn’t forgot nothing to research, I didn’t knew the fact that English came from Angles and the Saxons which were persons that belonged to the Germanic tribes. So, in conclusion, I can say that language “Englisc” from the Germanic tribe (Angles and Saxons), was just a beginning of the evolution of Modern English which now is a global language. If we analyze how people used words in that time we can figure out how difficult was to learn English but now there are electronic and didactic tools that helps us learn English in a faster, better way.
The History of the English Language by Sammy Stein
Analysis and reflection done by Hugo Churches
English, a language changed by many, used by many. Sammy Stein, creator of this article, makes me think that English wasn’t a pure language. Yes, English had rough turns and transformation in the lapse of its own evolution. I always thought that English was a unique language but knowing that as customs in people or places change its language might as well go affected. In the article Sammy, informs me that English got changed because in the island nation of England got invaded by different civilizations, it even got changed by Romans and Vikings which added new words, and it made a major change to the English language. The Roman’s also contributed in changing English; they managed to introduce to English new words, derived from their native language, Latin. Speaking of Latin, the article made reference on how people where distinguished as a poor by knowing in which language they talked, they differentiate it from rich and from the poor which makes me think about they were categorized by only speaking one language as uneducated. To get things arranged, Sammy’s purpose was to tell us that English was transformed, mish mash and multiple times derived from other languages into a single language. According to Sammy’s statement, English is also a common used language around the world, I should say that I totally agree, it’s a true situation that can be witnessed by anyone, for example, products that come from china usually come with an English written instruction booklet. I must say that I am impressed in the attempts that certain groups commit in order to create a language such as Esperanto, a language used in the music of Era-Ameno (just for some example). Also I would say that the creation of words is normal in such used language because in this time of the year and also those to come, I have witnessed how people create words, words which are assigned to objects that are created by people, like the Pong machine, let’s say. It is true that language is evolving according how time goes. English as a language is a very useful tool to integrate to life, business, social vibes, and successfulness but regardless to say it is still a difficult one to learn, fact that Sammy forgot to mention. In conclusion, how did English managed to conserve such words? To me is basically the use of the words that are added to the vocabulary of an individual, if this individual speaks using newfound or created words should have a nice time bragging about its invention or enjoy explaining the meaning of the new word.
English, a language changed by many, used by many. Sammy Stein, creator of this article, makes me think that English wasn’t a pure language. Yes, English had rough turns and transformation in the lapse of its own evolution. I always thought that English was a unique language but knowing that as customs in people or places change its language might as well go affected. In the article Sammy, informs me that English got changed because in the island nation of England got invaded by different civilizations, it even got changed by Romans and Vikings which added new words, and it made a major change to the English language. The Roman’s also contributed in changing English; they managed to introduce to English new words, derived from their native language, Latin. Speaking of Latin, the article made reference on how people where distinguished as a poor by knowing in which language they talked, they differentiate it from rich and from the poor which makes me think about they were categorized by only speaking one language as uneducated. To get things arranged, Sammy’s purpose was to tell us that English was transformed, mish mash and multiple times derived from other languages into a single language. According to Sammy’s statement, English is also a common used language around the world, I should say that I totally agree, it’s a true situation that can be witnessed by anyone, for example, products that come from china usually come with an English written instruction booklet. I must say that I am impressed in the attempts that certain groups commit in order to create a language such as Esperanto, a language used in the music of Era-Ameno (just for some example). Also I would say that the creation of words is normal in such used language because in this time of the year and also those to come, I have witnessed how people create words, words which are assigned to objects that are created by people, like the Pong machine, let’s say. It is true that language is evolving according how time goes. English as a language is a very useful tool to integrate to life, business, social vibes, and successfulness but regardless to say it is still a difficult one to learn, fact that Sammy forgot to mention. In conclusion, how did English managed to conserve such words? To me is basically the use of the words that are added to the vocabulary of an individual, if this individual speaks using newfound or created words should have a nice time bragging about its invention or enjoy explaining the meaning of the new word.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Why should we learn English as Lingua-franca or formal English?
Maybe the question in here is, Why not? I know that talking in another language may appear or feel weird at sometimes but that only happens because we are used to talk in our native language. Now, the reason to understand why is it important to learn English is basically statistical, as you know, many people currently speak English which means that this language is taking a major role in the world as a "must have learned" language. Seriously, if you were in America, with no map or nothing, just your natal language, let’s suppose Spanish, you'll happen to be lost in a world where there's no help coming.
English is useful all the time, it is important to have this as a Lingua-Franca because it's just an important, must learn language, just see the facts, many people speak English, online videogames are mostly in English (no Spanish subtitles or other languages), office computers may contain English translated software and many instruction booklets appear to be printed in English leaving you with no capability to understand operation procedures and precautions.
To end this, let’s just say that English as a Lingua-franca is just too important to ignore, the experiences you get from travelling around the world will be recompensated with joy if you happen to be a socializing person, of course!
English is LIFE!
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