The formation of English national language

The formation of English national language

Group: 18/18

Student: Isroilova Farangiz

PLAN:

FORMATION OF THE ENGLISH NATIONAL LANGUAGE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LITERARY NORM
GROWTH OF THE SPOKEN STANDARD

FORMATION OF THE ENGLISH NATIONAL LANGUAGE

• THE FORMATION OF THE ENGLISH NATIONAL LANGUAGE COVERS THE EARLY NE PERIOD(C1475-1660)

TWO MAJOR EXTERNAL FACTORS FAVOURED THE RISE OF THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE AND THE LITERARY STANDARTS:

THE UNIFICATION OF THE COUNTRY
THE PROGRESS OF CULTURE

THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE EMBRACES ALL THE VARIETIES OF THE LANGUAGE USED BY THE NATION INCLUDING DIALECTS

• THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE EMBRACES ALL THE VARIETIES OF THE LANGUAGE USED BY THE NATION INCLUDING DIALECTS
• THE NATIONAL LITERARY LANGUAGE APPLIES ONLY TO RECOGNIZED STANDARD FORMS OF THE LANGUAGE , BOTH WRITTEN AND SPOKEN.
• FOR EARLIER PERIODS OF HISTORY THE TERM LITERARY LANGUAGE MAY INDICATE THE LANGUAGE OF WRITING IN A WIDER SENSE,INCLUDING CHRONICLES,LEGAL DOCUMENTS,RELIGIOUS TEXTS,ETC

A MATURE NATIONAL LITERARY LANGUAGE IS CHARACTERISED BY:

CODIFIED NORMS OR RULES OF USAGE
FUNCTIONAL STYLISTIC DIFFERENTIATION

THE LONDON DIALECT

• THE LONDON DIALECT WAS UPPERMOST AMONG ME DIALECTS DUE TO THE POLITICAL,GEOGRAPHICAL,ECONOMIC AND LINGUISTIC POSITION OF LONDON.
• PEOPLE OF THE NORTH MINGLED WITH PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH IN LONDON .IT ENABLED THE LONDONERS TO ACQUIRE FEATURES OF BOTH SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN DIALECTS.
• THE PEOPLE COMING TO LONDON HELPED TO SPREAD THE LONDON DIALECT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LITERARY NORM

• THE ENGLISH LITERARY NORM WAS FORMED AT THE END OF THE 17 TH CENTURY
• IN THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY A GRAT NUMBER OF GRAMMARIANS AND ORTHOEPISTS APPEARED,WHO SET AS THEIR TASK THE ESTABLISHING OF CORRECT LANGUAGE FORMS.

CONCLUSIONS

• THE GRAMMARS OF THE 18TH C WERE INFLUENCED BOTH BY THE DESCRIPTIONS OF CLASSICAL LANGUAGES AND BY THE PRINCIPLES OF LOGIC.THEY WISHED TO PRESENT LANGUAGE AS A STRICTLY LOGICAL SYSTEM.
• GRAMMARS WERE DESIGNED TO RESTRICT AND DIRECT LINGUISTIC CHANGE.
• THIS TYPE OF GRAMMARS IS KNOWN AS “PRESCRIPTIVE” OR “NORMATIVE” GRAMMARS

THANKS for attention