UNIVERSITY OF DALAT DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES BRITISH CIVILIZATION - 2007 Tran Thanh Hung - M.A. 2007 THE BRITISH ISLES (Names to be mentioned: Welsh‚ Scots Gaelic‚ Irish Gaelic‚ Birmingham‚ Glasgow‚ Edinburgh‚ Belfast‚ Cardiff‚ Catholic‚ Protestant‚ Muslim‚ Hindu‚ Judaism Republic of Ireland‚ Northern Ireland‚ Scotland‚ England‚ Wales‚ Romans‚ Latin‚ Britannia.) - Location: - United Kingdom: -Britain: + and Great Britain: + the name Britain: THE UNITED KINGDOM formal name: - The
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1. THE GERM. LANGUAGES IN THE MOD. WORLD Languages can be classified acc. to different principles. The historical classification groups lang-s in accordance with their origin from a common linguistic ancestor. English belongs to the Germanic or Teutonic group of lang-s. The modern GL are 11 in number. They all go to ProtoGermanic. And protogerm. goes to the Indoeuropean tongues. The GL fall into: 1. East Germanic (The Gothic Lang.) – nowadays all of them are dead‚ 2. North Germanic : Swedish –
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1. Linguistic features of Germanic languages: vowels. Germanic languages also have some peculiarities in the sphere of vowel sounds‚ which distinguish them from other Indo-European languages. Their main characteristic feature in this sphere is the treatment of the Indo-European short vowels o and a and the long vowels o and a. Indo-European short o and a appear as short a languages. E.g.:in IE Germanic Russ. Яблоко germ. Apfel Lat. Noctem goth. Nahts Russ.ночь germ. Nacht Indo-European
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English in India Officially English has a status of assistant language‚ but in fact it is the most important language of India. After Hindi it is the most commonly spoken language in India and probably the most read and written language in India. Indians who know English will always try to show that they know English. English symbolizes in Indians minds‚ better education‚ better culture and higher intellect. Indians who know English often mingle it with Indian languages in their conversations
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1. Te Germanic language family. General characteristics. Classification of G.lang. & ancient G. tribes. I- Old G. Lang. : 1. East G. L. ( Vindili) : Gothic(4c.AD) Vandalic Burgundian 2. North G. L. (Hilleviones) Old Norse or Old Scandinavian (2-3c. AD) Futhark Old Icelandic (12c.AD) Old Norwegian (13c.AD) Old Danish(13c.AD) Old Swedish (13c.AD) 3. West G.( Ingvaeones‚ Istaevones‚ Herminones): Anglian Frisian Langobardian Jutish Saxon Franconian High German: -Alemanic -Thüringian
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THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE This page intentionally left blank THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE S I X T H E D I T I O N John Algeo Based on the original work of Thomas Pyles ±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±± Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States The Origins and Development of the English Language: Sixth Edition John Algeo Publisher: Michael Rosenberg Development Editor: Joan Flaherty
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Tourism Tourism: An Introduction Adrian Franklin London · Thousand Oaks · New Delhi SAGE Publications Ø Adrian Franklin‚ 2003 First published 2003 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ transmitted or utilized in any form or by any means‚ electronic‚ mechanical‚ photocopying‚ recording or otherwise‚ without permission in writing from the Publishers. SAGE Publications Ltd 6 Bonhill Street London EC2A 4PU SAGE Publications
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