1. Get out stuff for notes history and impact of English
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
Get out stuff for notes history and impact of English

3. FIGURE 5-9 BRANCHES OF THE INDOEUROPEAN LANGUAGE FAMILY Most Europeans speak languages from the Indo-European language family. In Europe, the three most widely used branches are Germanic (north and west), Romance (south and west), and Slavic (east). The fourth major branch, Indo-Iranian, clustered in southern and western Asia, has more than 1 billion speakers, the greatest number of any Indo-European branch

4. Germanic Branch
FIGURE 5-10 LANGUAGE GROUPS OF THE GERMANIC BRANCH Germanic languages predominate in Northern and Western Europe.

5. Development of English
Celtic was original language
Three Germanic Invasions- 400s
Angles
Jutes
Saxons
Viking Invasion-800s
Incorporates Norse
Norman Invasion-1066
Incorporates French

9. History of English

10. Development of dialects in u.k.
Different English accents

11. Diffusion of English Colonies North America Australia and New Zealand
USA and Canada
Australia and New Zealand
Africa
Asia
India

12. Development of English dialects Do Individual Languages Vary among Places?
North America
USA
Northeastern
Midlands
Southeastern
Canada
British loyalists
Due to limited spoken interaction and nationalism

13. English accents around the world

14. FIGURE 5-21 U. S. DIALECTS AND SUBDIALECTS The four major U. S
FIGURE 5-21 U.S. DIALECTS AND SUBDIALECTS The four major U.S. dialect regions are Northern, Southern, Midlands, and West.

15. FIGURE 5-22 SOFT-DRINK DIALECTS Soft drinks are called soda in the Northeast and Southwest, pop in the Midwest and Northwest, and Coke in the South. The map reflects voting at

16. Global dominance of English
Lingua Franca
Language of science, international trade, diplomacy, higher education, media, tourism
English is an official language of 57 countries
People in smaller countries learn English to participate more fully in the global economy and culture.
Other Examples of Lingua Franca
Swahili in East Africa
Hindi in South Asia
Indonesian in Southeast Asia
Russian in former Soviet Union.

17. English as an official language

18. English on the internet

19. Global dominance of English
Expansion Diffusion of English
Expansion has occurred in two ways with English.
English is changing through diffusion of new vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.
English words are fusing with other languages.
Ex. Words, such as cowboy, hamburger, jeans, and T-shirt were allowed to diffuse into French.
Ex. Spanglish
Unlike most exmaples of expansion diffusion, English has been a bottom-to-top approach with percolated from common usage rather than brought by the elite.

20. Reactions to English Kazakhstan vs. Brazil Read your article
Write down how your country is responding to the influence of English
Are they embracing it or resisting it? How so? Why?