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Thursday 17 May 2012

Late Modern English

With the Industrial Revolution (from around 1750 - 1850) and the creation of new technology, new words were soon needed. This was a time when discoveries and investigations into different fields; science and technology. When naming the findings, scientists and engineers went back to the classical languages of Latin and Greek and created new words from ancient roots; words such as vaccine and oxygen are examples of this.
  Also at this time, the British Empire covered many parts of the globe, and during this time, global trade became more extensive, meaning that English adapted slightly and adopted the words of some other languages. Examples of this include sauna, from Finnish, Pyjamas and Shampoo from Hindi.
 In the early part of the 20th Century, a new kind of influence effected the English language. This being the influence of the Military. During the First and Second World Wars, the slang used by the soldiers have made its way into the English Language. Words such as 'Nose Dive', 'Roadblock' and Camoflague' were not used before this time.
Website references:
http://www.origin-site.com/late-modern-english.html
http://www.englishclub.com/english-language-history.htm

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