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  2. The Mother Tongue - Wikipedia

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    The Mother Tongue is a 1990 book by Bill Bryson which compiles the history and origins of the English language and its various quirks. [1] It is subtitled English And How It Got That Way. The book discusses the Indo-European origins of English, the growing status of English as a global language, the complex etymology of English words, the ...

  3. Linguistic monogenesis and polygenesis - Wikipedia

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    The first scholar to publish this theory was Alfredo Trombetti, in the book L'Unità d'origine del linguaggio, published in 1905. More recently, Joseph Greenberg and Merritt Ruhlen , proponents of monogenesis, argue that in modern languages there is sufficient evidence to reconstruct part of the original language (called Proto-World or Proto ...

  4. Category:History of the English language - Wikipedia

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    Language portal; Linguistics portal; This category covers History of the English language, primarily: Old English; Middle English; Modern English; Generally it does not cover the evolution of dialects, pidgins, constructed languages, and so on. See also: Category:Dialects of English; Category:Forms of English

  5. History of English - Wikipedia

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    See English language word origins and List of English words of French origin. Although English is a Germanic language, it has a deep connection to Romance languages. The roots of this connection trace back to the Conquest of England by the Normans in 1066.

  6. Schneider's dynamic model - Wikipedia

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    It shows how language evolves as a process of 'competition-and-selection', and how certain linguistic features emerge. [2] The Dynamic Model illustrates how the histories and ecologies will determine language structures in the different varieties of English, and how linguistic and social identities are maintained.

  7. Historical linguistics - Wikipedia

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    Historical linguistics, also known as diachronic linguistics, is the scientific study of how languages change over time. [1] It seeks to understand the nature and causes of linguistic change and to trace the evolution of languages.

  8. Foreign-language influences in English - Wikipedia

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    The English language descends from Old English, the West Germanic language of the Anglo-Saxons. Most of its grammar, its core vocabulary and the most common words are Germanic. [1] However, the percentage of loans in everyday conversation varies by dialect and idiolect, even if English vocabulary at large has a greater Romance influence.

  9. The Cambridge History of the English Language - Wikipedia

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    The Cambridge History of the English Language is a six volume history of English published between 1992 and 2001. [1] The general editor was Richard Hogg. Volume 1, The Beginnings to 1066, Richard Hogg, ed. Volume 2, 1066–1476, Norman Blake, ed. Volume 3, 1476–1776, Roger Lass, ed. Volume 4, 1776–1997, Suzanne Romaine, ed.

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