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Essay / The English Language - 1111
As many different peoples came to invade England, they brought with them their unique languages. In doing so, the English language began to absorb vocabulary and grammar rules from a large number of linguistic sources (Boeree, 2004). The English language has transformed and mutated to adapt to the needs of its speakers. New words are created to refer to new ideas, objects and technologies clearly and competently. Throughout history, words from all over the world have arrived in England and changed the very nature of language. For example, Old English vocabulary words were pronounced very differently from Modern English (Boeree, 2004). For example, the letters k, q, v, x, and z were not used during this period (Boeree, 2004). As the language moved into the Middle English period, there were three main dialects: Northern, Midlands and Southern (Boeree, 2004). Modern English is primarily influenced by Northern Middle English and then some Southern Middle English (Boeree, 2004). From the northern part, we kept the plural nouns like them, their, and them as well as the third person singular verbs with -s like hits (Boeree, 2004). From Southern Middle English we kept the long o like is stone and the ch sound for the letter c like church (Boeree,