-"They gave us a hearty welcome"
-connotes a simple, rustic, and blue-collar scene because of the words' Saxon origins
-"They gave us a cordial reception"
-connotes a elegant, sophisticated, and high-brow scene because of the words French origins
-When the Roman Empire crumbled, the Germanic tribes took over the Britain from the Celts
-the spoke their Anglo-Saxon language we call Old English
-When the Viking Danes invaded, Old Norse words were integrated into the language
-The Normans then invaded making French the language of English royalty for nearly 300 years
-This caused for the aristocracy to speak French and the simple peasants to speak Old English
-The Normans also brought over Roman Catholic clergymen who introduced some Latin into the language
-This division based on language is still embedded in English today, i.e, the first example
Model showing the history of the English language. Source
Does grammar matter? - Andreea S. Calude
-Prescriptivism vs. Descriptivism
-Prescriptivism
-a language should follow specific rules
-as languages came to be written, it was standardized to make it easier to understand over a vast population
-this standard form was then seen as the only proper form
-language purists established rules that were applied to spoken language as well
-how language SHOULD be used
-formal
-Descriptivism
-Variation and adaptation is a natural and necessary part of language
-speech is a separate phenomenon from writing
-speech is more flexible
-how language IS ACTUALLY used
-informal
-Grammar is a set of linguistic habits that are constantly being renegotiated; a combination of descriptivism and prescriptivism
Hi Baylor! You can go ahead and declare this for Week 7 since there was not time to get it done before the grace period this morning (it's okay that there's not a Story Lab listed for Week 7; since you had this started but just now finished for Week 6 that works).
ReplyDeleteHey Baylor,
ReplyDeleteYou highlighted some great videos in your Ted video lab. I have not done these yet for the story lab assignment, so I look forward to doing it in the future. The video on how English evolved sounds pretty interesting. I will need to check that out in the future. Thanks for sharing and best of luck with your writing.
-Andy