Transcript The late Modern English

The Late Modern English
Outline
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Introduction
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The Development of Late Modern English.
The Main Aspects of Late Modern English.
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Historical Background of Late Modern English
Borrowing.
Compounding.
Affixation.
Spelling.
The Varieties of Late Modern English
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A Sample text of a Late Modern English dialect.
What is Late Modern English?
Late Modern English is the form of the
language used from the 18th century to
the present day.
How do we know about Late Modern
English?
There is a big number of printed data
from the late 18th century to the present
day:
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Records of the language “letters,…”
Dictionaries “Oxford dictionary,…”
“Towards the end of the 19 century the first
mechanical and electronic recordings of speech
were made “songs, political speeches,..”.
The Development of Late Modern English.
The late Modern English timeline
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1928
1922
1828
1803
1788
The Oxford English Dictionary is published
British Broadcasting Corporation founded
Noah Webster publishes his dictionary
Act of Union unites Britain and Ireland
British colony established in Australia
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1782
Washington defeats Cornwallis at Yorktown. Britain abandons the
American colonies
Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence
Cook discovers Australia
Samuel Johnson publishes: The Dictionary of English Language.
Publication of the first daily, English-language newspaper, The Daily.
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1776
1770
1755
1702
The main aspects of Late Modern English.
Borrowing
An example of borrowing:
“Before I went to the cinema, I ate a pizza in the
restaurant in the food forum. The decor is pleasant
and you can have a buffet there at the weekend.
The entrées and main courses from the à la carte
are also very good so it’s a great place for a
rendezvous menu with your friends. But beware, if
you are a gourmet, you will certainly need a
siesta afterwards!”
Further examples:
borrowed words from Arabic:
Mecca
Zero
Jihad
Alcohol
Intifada
Compounding
Compounding
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Composition.
Clipping.
Composition, or compounding is to join
two or more words together to make them
one word
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Net+ work = network
Web + site = website
Islam + phobia = Islamophobia
Pass+ port= passport
Clipping!
The English became less formal, clipping is
fashionable now!!
Examples!!
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Ads
Tech
Lab
Gym
Advertisements.
Technology.
Laboratory.
Gymnastic.
Affixation!!
Affixation
Cyber+ crime= cybercrime
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“criminal activities carried out on computers
or the Internet”.
Astro+ biology= astrobiology
“the branch of biology concerned with the
discovery or study of life on other planets”
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Spelling!!
Swift’s letter to the Earl of Oxford &
Mortimer, a senior official in the British
government
(R.L.Trask, Historical Linguistics, New York, ST Martine’s press 1996, P6)
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The overuse of capital letters.
The long “S”.
Varieties of Late Modern English!!
“dialects”
Late Modern English Varieties!!
L.M. English Varieties
A sample of Late Modern English dialect.
Many kinds of Late Modern English exist. Here is a
part of a poem by Linton Kwesi Johnson, written in a
variety of English known as
Jamaican Creole:
youdauta,
you are di queen of di day an di nite is your mite.
site? overstan. youdauta.
check out di tide before yu jump in di watah;
den swim, yea sing, sing youdauta.
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Translation:
youdauta = young women, mite = might, realm
of power, site? = do you see it?
ovastan = overstand, an emphatic form of
‘understand’
Young women, you are the queen of
the day and the night is your
realm of power.
Do you see it? Understand, young
women. Be aware of the tide before
you jump into the water; then swim,
yes
sing, sing, young women.
Thank you !!
References
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http://www.tlumaczenia-angielski.info/linguistics/latemodern-english.htm
http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/ModernEnglish
http://www.anglik.net/englishlanguagehistory.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/english-languagehistory.htm
Heinz Giegerich, An Introduction to Late
Modern English, Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade,
2009.