English in the world: A very brief history of a global language
Aug 9, 2023
English in the world: A very brief history of a global language
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0.96 -> English In The World
2.96 -> The English language has existed for a little over
6.08 -> one and a half thousand years.
9.52 -> Which, in the grand scheme of things is just
11.6 -> a blip in the history of human language.
14.8 -> And an even smaller blip in
the history of humankind.
20.48 -> The language is called English
22.72 -> because of its associations with England.
24.96 -> Which sounds straightforward enough,
27.04 -> although it's actually a bit
more complicated than this.
31.44 -> English had its roots here in the north of Europe.
34.88 -> Although of course, it wasn't called English then.
38 -> There were a number of germanic tribes.
40.56 -> The Angles, Saxons, and the Jutes,
42.8 -> who crossed the channel;
44.24 -> It wasn't called the English
channel until the 18th century.
47.36 -> And found out across the island of Great Britain
53.6 -> which at the time was inhabited
by Britons who spoke Celtic languages,
58.4 -> the ancestors of Welsh,
Scottish Gaelic, and Cornish
64.32 -> before the Anglo-Saxons arrived
66.56 -> the Romans had also colonised
large parts of the island
70.32 -> along with people from various
parts of the Roman Empire.
73.76 -> Later the Vikings came
75.76 -> and then the Normans.
77.36 -> All speaking their own languages
81.28 -> and also mixing their languages with English.
90.16 -> It wasn't until the 14th century that English
92.96 -> became properly established
as the language of England
96.24 -> and was used for the first time
in parliament and in the law.
100 -> The first king of England to speak
English as his native language
104.24 -> was Henry IV.
106.24 -> Henry came to the throne in 1399
109.28 -> almost a thousand years after
the Anglo-Saxons arrived
113.2 -> but once English was established,
115.6 -> it also began to spread or more
accurately it began to be spread.
122.16 -> The most important driver for this was colonialism
126.32 -> in lots of countries, English pushed
out the local language,
129.76 -> and indigenous forms of English developed
132.72 -> In other countries, English existed
alongside the local languages
137.04 -> and new forms developed.
139.2 -> In the 20th century, it continued to spread
142.72 -> through the entertainment industry,
politics, the media, and technology,
148.08 -> so that today it's a truly global language.
153.2 -> Throughout its history, it's always changing
171.36 -> and we'll continue to do so
173.6 -> far into the future.
182.08 -> Get more from the open university,
184.32 -> check out the links on screen now.
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