Evolution Of English Essay

English language has gradually evolved over a period of time into modern days’ spoken and written English. Famous ancient poets wrote their work in first language which have been translated into present poetry. This therefore implies that each word that was originally written in the first language has been creatively translated into modern English. For instance, ‘ poed cyninga, prym gefrunon’ which when translated means people ‘s king might understood. English therefore must be learnt on both speaking and writing as it was in ancient times. In learning English, the first language has to be considered and words creatively selected into English translation. Several old English poets used alteration, consonance and rhyming schemes that is also used by modern poets to mould their art work.

For example from this except, words like ‘gomban gylan’ which when

Most of our vocabularies are as a result of direct translated versions that were encountered by Latin and English (Kate 98). The ancient poetry was rich in metaphors and synonyms that are also used in modern poetry for example upp ment up ,baec meant back. From the example it can be clear that even in original language there was pronunciations considerations. Therefore the translation of some words are the same spellings and pronunciations.

Due to gradual evolution of English, other words such as Spanglish and Frangais have been forced into modern English meaning due to social pressure to change them. These include; heord,pa,head, and paer among others. It is therefore vital to notice that there was a linkage in similarities between old and modern English. The modern English has more alien appearances and other used symbols. The history of English therefore is basically traced to Anglo Saxon period that was mainly spread by church missionaries. The Saxon brought Latin vocabulary that were entered into English to modernize