More than thousand million people all over the world speak English. But what do we know about its history? Episode 1 of the program "The Adventure Of English" "Birth of a Language" by BBC Documentary tells us about the tribes and people that made a contribution to enrichment of the English language or had a noticeable effect on it at all.
The presenter of the program, Melvyn Bragg , explains the origins of many English words. He focuses our attention on that fact , that modern Frisian sounds very close to Old English. For example,such words as butter , bread , cheese , meal , boat , snow , storm are very similar in both languages. It is because Frisian and English can both belong to the same family of languages. The presenter also tells us that the history of the English language is not only connected with the Germanic tribes , but with the Romans and the Celts too. From the language of the later one came many dialectic words and names of the cities. To learn additional information about the old English language Melvyn Bragg asks Kathryn A. Lowe, the language expert. Christian missioners made a contribution to the enrichment of English too. They brought Latin that is now an important part of modern English. The presenter pays our attention , that modern language is a poetic one. Beowulf, the unique first book in Old English , was a source of it. This video claims a great role of Alfred , that is considered to be the defender of English, the influence of Danish , from which many words were borrowed , and the Normans, whose king William spoke French , therefore there are many French words in English ( more than 10 , 000 words ).
To sum up , the video glorifies the power of English. its rich history and opportunity to keep leading part in modern world.
You've done it! Good job! My congratulations))) You used phrases needed for summarry, I appreciated it!
ReplyDelete