Communication
Influences That Led to Modern English As We Currently Use It English is a language that is a fusion of several dialects that were initially brought in by German invaders in Britain. The modern English is the English that was spoken from the 1550s and recorded from the 1770s. It includes the Shakespeare and Macbeth English from the 1800 and the English spoken around the world today. Currently there is the British English, the American English, Australian English, Canadian English and south African English and many more.
The first factor that led to the change in the English to the one we currently use is the colonization of countries by the British. They travelled all over the world colonizing people and with time they picked up some words from these different places and unconsciously included them in their language (George Yule, 2008). A good example is from the Hindu language English picked words like bandana, bracelet, bungalow, and cheetah. From the Spanish language it gets words like hurricane, rodeo, tomato and the famous chocolate word. This interaction between the original English speakers has substantively changed the language to what it is currently (speaking in tongues).
The improved technology has also changed our language (George Yule,2008). This is due to the innovation of many equipments and programmes on the computer. For instance the use of words like email, conference calls, software and social networks was not available before the introduction of computers and internet. Technology has also turned the world into a global village and this has made people from different dialects to communicate and form new words.
English is an ever changing and improving language. In 2006 Oxford dictionary celebrated having hit the one million words mark and promised to keep on. This means that the current English will still undergo more changes and assimilation with time.
Works cited
George Yule, The Study of Language, 4th edition (2010) Cambridge University Press, New York..
Speaking in Tongues: The History of Language, Episode 1.
