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English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries and of the United States since the mid 20th century, it has become the lingua franca in many parts of the world. It is used extensively as a second language and as an official language in Commonwealth countries and many international organizations. Historically, English originated from several dialects, now collectively termed Old English, which were brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers beginning in the 5th century. The language was influenced by the Old Norse language of Viking invaders. After the Norman conquest, Old English developed into Middle English, borrowing heavily from the Norman (Anglo-French) vocabulary and spelling conventions. Modern English developed from there notably with the Great Vowel Shift that began in 15th-century England, and continues to adopt foreign words from a variety of languages, as well as coining new words. A significant number of English words, especially technical words, have been constructed based on roots from Latin and ancient Greek. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  prov.ca 250px x 275px | 18.80kB [source page] or Seminary level The E L I offers three programs the Integrative English Program the Intensive English Program and the Intensive Academic English Program  projects-abroad.jp 225px x 300px | 30.70kB [source page] of slow economic growth and debt With this in mind the hard pressed schools desperately need native English speakers to help give the children a better chance to move the country forward Volunteer abroad in Mongolia and you can gain work experience teaching without the need for TEFL training or previous teaching experience All we ask is that you have a good level of spoken From Yahoo Image Search: "English language"  freebookshare.com admin hu, 06 Aug 2009 12:07:35 GM Oracle PL/SQL . Language. Pocket Reference, Second Edition by Steven Feuerstein, Bill Pribyl, and Chip Dawes Paperback: 128 pages Publisher: O'Reilly; 2 edition (February 1, 2003) . Language. : . English. ISBN-10: 0596004729 ISBN-13: ...  veryeasyenglish.com admin Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:53:26 GM Used - Covering all sorts of popular topics--following directions, fruits, money, insects, measurements, safety, weather, and transportation--this book offers.  wp.colliertech.org CJ Adams-Collier Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:33:44 GM I wonder if the n'ere-do-wells who frequent those channels will mind me using their public commentary to build an . english language. parser. I'll make it open source, of course. Erhm, I mean Free Software. ... From Google Blog Search: "English language"  news.google.com Monterey County Herald "This is the first time I've been able to speak English in two weeks," he said. The military will continue to face a significant challenge in the conflict ... and more » news.google.com Pittsburgh Post Gazette ... "big book," an illustrated educational book in English and Spanish that officials hope will introduce his messages to a new generation of children. ... and more » news.google.com ARTINFO The Louvre is making its collection more available and more accessible by launching a new English - language version of its online database on its Web site ... Louvre online database now in English CBC.ca all 5 news articles » From Google News Search: "English language" What important English language books would be found in a 1897 Library? Q. Say you lived in 1897, What English language books would you a respectable collector have in his collection? Wow, very helpful already, but in answer, the collector would actually be an extremely wealthy non englishman seeking to learn as much about english language and culture prior to moving to London. more importantly, the discoverer of the library is an englishman who is suprised and impressed to find so many english language books in a foriegn home library. Asked by rastapunker - Wed Aug 20 02:39:10 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. "respectable collector" Collector of what, antique books or papyrus scrolls? 1897 is late enough for inexpensive printing and wide spread literacy to put books in the hands of a majority of people. This date is well past the days of the first widely read authors such as Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, and Arthur Conan Doyle. So who is this collector? Is he a collector of Greek translations or a follower of the new scientific ideas of people like Drawin or Freud? Does the guy have a grimy collection of penny novels featuring Jesse James and Billy the Kid or does he own Dr. Eliot's five foot shelf? Answered by xxmachina - Wed Aug 20 03:23:15 2008 How exactly was the English language formed? Q. I've always pondered as to how the English language and all of the letters and words were formed. Can someone explain it to me? Asked by Nothing - Wed Oct 1 19:26:40 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. In a nutshell: The origins of English are in the language Old English (Anglo-Saxon), which derived from the theorized Proto-Germanic* language, the ancestor of the Germanic languages (like German, Dutch, Swedish, etc.). Old English then mixed with a little bit of Old Norse (the ancestral language of the Scandinavian languages). About 25% of Modern English words are of Germanic origin. The next big influence on English was the Norman Invasion, from which English gets a lot of its French-derived vocabulary. About 25% of Modern English words are of Norman/French origin. Then writers began to adopt words directly from Latin (and some Greek). About 25% of Modern English words are of Latin origin. English has an extremely large… [cont.] Answered by A d - Wed Oct 1 19:43:46 2008 How to invest my love for english language at home?
Q. i mean i like english language sooo much,and i'm willing to imrove it. but how to invest it at home,maybe to end up with having a career out of it? i didn't study it in a way to teach it. my studies are medical by the way. but i still want to have a better command of this language and benefit from it as much as i can. any idea? this is not what i mean. I SAID"INVEST". i want to get benefit of it. work with it. like translate or something. I DIDN'T SAY I 'M looking for a way to improve,I already know how to improve it. GOT IT? Asked by passionate - Wed Jan 21 17:46:38 2009 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments A. If your target is to earn money, you can try to teach English in centers which belongs to Mosques or Churches. They will accept you as a teacher there (I'm sure). But if you wanna make use of your spare time, try to enter language chat rooms such as yahoo language chat rooms and teach fresh students English over there. Good luck Answered by vertigo - Wed Jan 21 19:16:28 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "English language" Quotations about the English language or some aspect of it. English is one of the most widespread and most widely spoken languages in the world. ContentsSourced
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