jueves, 9 de octubre de 2008

"Language evolution, Vikings and Danes"

During the process of development of England, the country was rule for different people all over. But in the south were the Danes who were up in the power until the Vikings invasion in 787 AD.
The Vikings were men of fight and rule over the south of England during the 11th century until the attack of the Anglo Saxons in 878 AD.
After the great strike back, the Danes were moved to the Northeast of England separated from the rest by the “Dane law” which was from Chester to London.
Finally the Danes were able to recover the whole south with several attacks under the influence of “Cnut”. They rule from 1016 to 1042.
The importance of this is to understand that across the years in England different cultures were raiding the country and this means that the people who stay just in the middle of the conflict was acquiring the different costumes, culture and what is important for us language.
With this I mean that English in fact is a mix of different languages and accents, but it was constantly changing because of the several wars and power changes. Because if you are going to rule over a place you will obviously pretend that everyone speak your native language. Imagine that same happening many times during a long time. The result is now of course “English”.

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