GROUP 15 OUTLINE REPORT
LADY JANE LEANO
DATU JUDEL SAMBOAWAN
ELYSSA CASTANARES
LINGUISTIC 121: LANGUAGE IN CULTURE AND SOCIETY
INSTRUCTOR: MA’AM, NEPTHALIE GUAZO
TITLE: CHANGES IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
INTRODUCTION:
Language change refers to the process by which a language evolves over
time, resulting in differences in its pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. Language
change is the phenomenon by which permanent alterations are made in the features and
the use of a language over time. All natural languages change, and language change
affects all areas of language use. Language is a constantly changing system. In each
century, new words appear constantly, old words, their spelling and meaning, assimilated
words from different language change, they become stronger in a particular language over
time. Indeed language does not stand still in one place, because inventions and
innovations appear every day, and accordingly they lead to a change in language. People
move from one country to another, bringing with them new words and phrases for another
country or culture.
GRIMM’S LAW
Grimm’s law shows the systematic relationship between consonant in
Germanic languages and consonants in other Indo-European languages, stating what
phonetic changes took place. It also shows that changes in a language and in groups of
languages come about gradually and not as a result of random word changes.
GREAT VOWEL SHIFT:
Great vowel shift was a series of changes in the pronunciation of the
English Language that took place primarily between 1400 and 1700, beginning in southern
England and today having influenced effectively all dialects of English. A series of changes
in the quality of the long vowels between Middle and Modern English as a result of which
all were raised. It refers to the 15th century change in pronunciation of long vowels that
occurred in England.
CONCLUSION:
A. English continues to develop, changes and emerge with thousands of new
words being developed every year. But even the borrowing from many
other languages the heart of English language remains the Anglo- Saxon
of Old English. The grammar of English is also distinctly Germanic- three
genders (he, she and it) and a simple set of verb tense.
B. To conclude , the developments of language depends on several factors
and one of the major elements has been vocabulary from old English to
modern English.