1. The English Language
by Camila Cuevas Araneda

2. Influences
Celts Romans
Vikings
Germanic Tribes Normands

3. Loanwords

4. Old English vs Modern English
Differences
Sound Sentences Words

5. Styles of English
Standard
Colloquial

6. Varieties of English
Sociolect
Jargon
Dialect

7. External and Internal changes of
the English language
External Internal
• Reasons: • Reasons:
• Social, politica • Linguistics Prescriptive
l, economical, matters. Rules
geographical, h ‘don’t split
infinitives’
istorical issues. • Changes:
speakers
• Changes: stopped using ‘don’t end
sentences
grammar and inflections, fre with a
sound systems. quent use of preposition’
‘like’.