English language

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English language

• Presented by
• Konstantinos
• Giorgos Iordanidis

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Why hello there everyone!

• We are here to present to you the currently most
  widely spoken language in the world
• English, the lingua franca of today, has
  influenced the whole world with its massive
  spread, making its effect visible in all realms
• So lets take a trip back in time, and see how
  English became what it is today

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INTRODUCTION

• English is the most spoken language on Earth at
  the moment. Established in a vast amount of
  countries at the years of the English domain,
  English are now used as the lingua franca that
  connects people from all over the world, and also
  carries a wide range of history with it.

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FACTS

• With blue, the countries where English is an
  official or de facto official language, or
  national language, and is spoken natively by the
  majority of the population
• With light blue, the countries where it is an
  official but not primary language
• 380 million native speakers
• Spoken by one out of every six people in the
  world
• Spoken by over 700 million people as a foreign
  language
• English is the language of navigation, aviation
  and of Catholic Christianity also the ecumenical
  language of the World Council of Churches

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ORIGINS

• English, as we know it right now, used to be
  completely different in its original form.
• A significant number of English words are
  constructed on the basis of roots from Latin,
  because Latin in some form was the lingua
  franca of the Christian Church and of European
  intellectual life. The language was further
  influenced by Viking invasions in the 9th and
  10th centuries.

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THE EVOLUTION

• English arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of
  England and what is now southeast Scotland.
  Following the extensive influence of Great
  Britain and the United Kingdom from the 17th to
  the mid-20th century, through the British
  Empire, it has been widely propagated around the
  world, becoming the leading language of
  international discourse and the lingua franca in
  many regions.

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CULTURE

• Cultural achievements, like the revolution of
  rock in the 60s, famous artists, from
  Shakespeare to Andy Warhol used this language to
  express themselves and become what they are
  today. English has been a determining factor of
  the evolution of modern art

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CULTURE- LITERATURE

• English literature begins with Anglo-Saxo
  literature, which was written in Old English.
• For many years, Latin and French were the
  preferred literary languages of England, but in
  the medieval period there was a flourishing of
  literature in Middle English.

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CULTURE-LITERATURE

• Due to the expansion of English into a world
  language during the British Empire, literature is
  now written in English across the world. Writers
  often associated with England or for expressing
  Englishness include Shakespeare, Jane
  Austen, Arnold Bennett, and Rupert Brooke. In the
  lighter vein, Agatha Christie's mystery novels
  are outsold only by Shakespeare and The Bible.

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• William Shakespeare, (23 April 1564-23 April
  1616), writer of Hamlet, king Lear, Othello and
  Romeo Juliet).
• Jane Austen (16 December 1775  18 July 1817),
  writer of Pride and Prejudice, who became known
  for her social commentary and biting irony.
• Agatha Christie, (15 September 1890  12 January
  1976) writer of the Orient Express and Death on
  the Nile, whose characters (Hercule Poirot and
  miss Jane Marple) became popular amongst people
  of every age.14

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CULTURE-MUSIC

• Although the modern English music has been really
  important and has changed the civilization and
  way of life of many people, the traditional
  English music isnt something to write home
  about.

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CULTURE-MUSIC

• It was until the tortured black race defied the
  classical music rules and created something that
  no one imagined at that time the blues.

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CULTURE-MUSIC

• Because of its revolutionary character, the blues
  was originally hunted by the white Americans.
  Despite, some adopted the musical basis of the
  blues, to create what is nowadays known as
  RocknRoll.

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CULTURE-MUSIC

• Afterwards, at the early 60s, a couple of bands
  transferred the musical center from America to
  Britain. Using the Rock n Roll patterns they
  established the musical categories that are most
  popular today. The way our whole world expresses
  itself musically is grossly relevant to the
  English language.

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Our sources

• http//www.englishlanguageguide.com
• Larousse encyclopedia
• Mojo
• The Rolling Stone
• Time magazine