Module (3)

The Development of English

Late Modern English

*Since 1900, a very large amount of vocabulary *The majority of these words are related to

words has been added to English in a relatively short period. science and technology, and use Greek and Latin roots.

*A proposal for an Academy of the English

Language was first brought forth by Jonathan Swift in 1712, but the Parliament voted against it. hold by the 19th century when the Oxford English Dictionary was proposed in 1859. 1755 in England, was influential in establishing a standard form of spelling.

*A more scientifically minded attitude took

*Samuel Johnson's dictionary, published in

*World War I and World War II threw

together people from different backgrounds, and the greater social mobility afterwards helped to lessen the differences between social accents.

*The development of radio

broadcasting in the early 20th century familiarised the population with accents and vocabulary from outside their own localities.

* The principal distinction between early- and late-modern

English is vocabulary.

* Pronunciation, grammar, and spelling are largely the same,

but Late-Modern English has many more words.

* These words are the result of two historical factors:

1. The Industrial Revolution and the rise of the

technological society

2. The rise of the British Empire

*The Industrial Revolution and the rise of the

technological society

* The industrial and scientific revolutions created a need for

new words to describe the new creations and discoveries.
neologism is a newly coined term, word, or phrase.

* This process of coining new words is called neologism: a

*The rise of the British Empire

* The rise of the British Empire and the growth of global trade
served not only to introduce English to the world, but to introduce words into English.