文档介绍：电大变化中的英语复习重点总结参考资料小抄
全世界语言→ 4000-5000种(P7)
Dead language → no living speakers (P7)
Historical variation → variation over time
Regional variation → variation in different places (P15)
RP Standard work English:
Standard English → Written English
RP → Received Pronunciation ( Also Southern Educated British English)
Network English → Educated American English (P19)
Vocabulary change in English (P23-24)
词汇来源:Borrowing( dim sum), Abbreviations( MTR), Translations( dragon boat)(P28-29)
英国语言→ English, Welsh(Wales地区) Gaelic (Scotland地区)( P36)
Dialects→ Different ways of speaking the same language
Accent → We are talking only about the sounds of the language in some places (P39)
Language family:
English → Indo-European family(印欧语系)
Chinese → Sino-Tibetan family(汉藏语系) P64
英国历史上三次被入侵:
1) BC 1st – AD 5th →Latin- speaking Romans 来自Mediterranean
2)AD 5th - 8th and 9th → Scandinavian斯堪的纳维亚人(Angles盎格鲁人, Saxons撒克逊部族, Jutes朱特族人) invaded Britain 来自North West Europe
3)AD 11th →French-speaking Normans 来自Normandy(P69-70)
Standard English:
A: Come from → South East
B: Reason →. Its importance is matter of culture and history(P75 )
英语发展过程中历史事件及英语语言本身的发展变化:
Time
Historical Events
Language
11th century
Norman conquest of England
Norman French brought to England
12th-13th centuries
Noranm French rulers in England
Morman French as the language of power: Latin fo