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The present English - Coggle Diagram
The present English
Influences affecting the language
success of the british on the sea in the course of napoleonic wars
culminating in nelson's famous victory at trafalgar in 1805
left england in a position of undisputed naval supremacy and gave it control over most of the world's commerce
the war agaisnt russia in the crimea (1854-1856)
the contest with the princess in india had the effect of again turning english attention to the east
important factor in establishing english society on a more democratic basis
Lessened the distance between the upper and lower class and greatly increased the opportunities for the mass of the populati0on to share in the economic and cultural advantages that became available in the course of the century.
first cheap newspaper (1816)
cheap postage (1840)
improved means of travel&communication
the growth of science
automobile, film, broadcasting, computer
the world wars
language as a mirror of progress
sources of the new words: borrowings
self-explaining compounds
compounds formed from greek and latin elements
prefixes & suffixes
coinages
common words from proper names
influence of journalism
changes of meaning
slang
cultural levels and functional varieties
the standard speech
the english dialects
english world-wide
pidgins and creole
spelling reform
gender issues and linguistics changes
the purist efforts
the oxford dictionary
grammartical tendencies
verb-adverb combination
a liberal creed