Contents Introduction The development of personal pronouns in English

Conclusion
As a result of the work carried out, it was found out that various pronouns were subject to changes over several periods, but in the New English period, the state of the entire pronoun system of the English language approached the modern one.
The changes taking place in the system were caused both by historical events in the life of the country and by general changes in the entire language. In each period, different categories of pronouns had their own characteristics. So the features of the pronoun system of the Old English language should be considered:
1) the presence of a dual number of pronouns of the first and second person (a special form of pronouns to refer to persons or objects)
2) the absence of possessive pronouns, the role of which was played by the genitive form of the corresponding personal pronoun
3) the presence of a special group of demonstrative pronouns that have already lost or almost lost their main meaning of the demonstrative pronoun, turning into a definite article
4) preservation of the instrumental form in separate groups of pronouns

In the Middle English and New English periods, the number of categories of pronouns increases: to the existing ones - personal, demonstrative, interrogative, indefinite - relative and reflexive pronouns are added. In addition, there are very significant changes in the groups of personal and demonstrative pronouns.
One of the features of the grammatical system of the language of the Middle English period should be considered the final formation of the definite and indefinite articles. However, the origin of the article is attributed to a somewhat earlier time. In the XVI-XVIII centuries. the article was considered as a sign of a noun, which stood out among other parts of speech mainly on this basis. At the end of the XVI century. there was another concept, according to which the article was considered as a kind of adjective. In the 17th century, in addition, some grammarians considered the article to be an independent part of speech. In the same period, more particular interpretations were also quite common: the article is a certain property of a noun, the article is a certain determiner, the article is a particle. notes that the terms "definite" and "indefinite" were introduced by J. Howell in 1662. In the XVII-XVIII centuries. most grammarians of the indefinite article as the main one singled out the indefinitely classifying meaning, as the accompanying - quantitative. The definite article has a demonstrative meaning. In the XVIII century. normative grammars, not limited to the description of linguistic facts, seek to establish linguistic norms and rules.
Further changes in the pronoun system of the English language are inevitable, since as society develops, the language develops.