Brief history of the English language
Update: 2012-04-13
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Brief history of the English language
This is Steve Ember. And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program, "Explorations". Today we present about the history of the English Language.
The English language was strongly influenced by an event that took place one thousand four hundred years ago. In the year 597, the Roman Catholic Church began its attempt to make Christianity the religion of Britain. The language of the Catholic Church was Latin. Latin was not spoken as a language in any country at that time. But it was still used by some people.
Latin made it possible for a church member from Rome to speak to a church member from Britain. Educated people from different countries could communicate using Latin.
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This is Steve Ember. And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program, "Explorations". Today we present about the history of the English Language.
The English language was strongly influenced by an event that took place one thousand four hundred years ago. In the year 597, the Roman Catholic Church began its attempt to make Christianity the religion of Britain. The language of the Catholic Church was Latin. Latin was not spoken as a language in any country at that time. But it was still used by some people.
Latin made it possible for a church member from Rome to speak to a church member from Britain. Educated people from different countries could communicate using Latin.
..., ...
http://sites.google.com/site/enriqueruizdiaz/
also:
http://sites.google.com/site/mcenriqueruizdiaz/
Thank you for your visit
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