Essay On The English Language

Where did the English language come from? What is the primary source of this language? These two important questions could help foreign student understanding the different dialects of the English language.

The English language first arrived to the British Isles coincided with the arrival of a group of tribes from northern Europe in the fifth century. From the names of the first two tribes, Angles and Saxons, the term Anglo-Saxon was taken. Moreover, we get the name of their language Englisc from the name of the first tripe, Angles, and the name of their new home, Engla-land.

The English language has passed several changes over time. When the English language became experienced in America, due to the British colonization, major differences in the way both American and British

The most obvious differences are the French loanwords, the ending -ate, and the suffixes -ary, -ory, -berry, and -mony.

French loanwords

American English adapted French loanwords differently from British English. the final syllable is stressed in American English, while British English stresses an earlier syllable.

Ending –ate

Words ending in -ate, mostly verbs, have a different stress pattern in both American accent and British accent depending on the length of the word. In American English, most two-syllable verbs ending in -ate have first-syllable stress, while in British English they have second-syllable stress. Though there are some exception where both American and British accent agree as in abate, checkmate, duplicate, evacuate, graduate, imitate. Furthermore, Most longer -ate verbs are pronounced the same in both accents, yet we find some exceptions where a first-syllable is stressed in British English , while in American English the second syllable is stressed, as in elongate, remonstrate,