The History of the English Language by Risa

The article is talking about the history of the English language, from where it all started and how it has changed through time. English is not a very old language, as other ones, but either wise, it has become the global language. English first started in England and called their language “englistic” which meant that it was the idiom spoken by the Angles, people that lived in England. Until tenth century English became the language in England because of Athelstan, the grandson of Alfred the Great, which conquered most of the parts of the country. English it is a language by which words may be pronounced different by people or may have different significance when talking about something, many people nowadays, may use apostrophes in words for example in the word folks, now people say it as folk’s, this tendency may have now created a lot of changes, and would be continuing, because this is not a dead language, it still has some meanings that were used before in the old times.


The writer’s viewpoint is that English have been changing a lot through time and that it is a stress language, because people may use different accents in the words, but that is how people are accustomed to speak, English it’s a language that it is spoken in different ways all over the world, and we have to get accustomed by that, because each of us has our way of talking. The writing is made for people as teenagers, young adults, teachers and natives for them to know about their language and how it has changed in many ways by the way of speaking or writing. Its purpose is to inform about the language, that it is talked all over the world, and that many people may pronounce some words different from others. The author was very specific in each thing she said because, she is also giving examples and with some theory that may help people to understand the history of English better. Its tone is formal, because it is saying in almost all the articles facts that are happening or happened before, she didn’t omit anything and was very clear in what she said. I didn’t like very much the article, because in some parts it was really confusing and boring. I agree that English is changing through times, and that before, people may only knew a little bit, and that it was more different that from now as it is spoken and written.