(47) language change & variation

Question 1

history of english
(years of diff types of eng)

Answer 1

old eng: 450-1100
middle eng: 1100-1500
early modern eng: 1500-1800
modern eng: 1800-present

Question 2

modern eng
- what is it affected by?
- WRs?
- WEs?

Answer 2

• industrial revolution → social & tech changes
• globalisation
• internet (NCTs)
• US as the dominant econ power
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  WRs
  “eng is the intl lang of sci” (Elnathan, 2021)
  “369.9mil ppl speak eng as a 1st lang; 978.2mil ppl speak eng as a 2nd lang” (Elnathan, 2021)
  “1328 mil ppl speak eng globally” (Szmigiera, 2021)
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  WEs
• 2/3 of the eng lang is sci & tech terms
• new varieties of eng spoken by ppl w eng as a 2nd lang → philippines eng, SgE