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English Language

2024/7/28
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主持著名true crime播客《Crime Junkie》的播音员和创始人。
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播音员:本节目探讨了英语的全球影响力及其多样性,指出英语的发音、拼写、词汇和语法因地域、民族和群体而异,并分析了英语与基督教传播之间的关系。 Simon Horriban:英语起源于盎格鲁-撒克逊部落带来的日耳曼方言,诺曼征服对英语产生了重大影响,法语成为统治阶级的语言,英语吸收了大量法语词汇。中古英语时期,英语开始复兴,乔叟的作品对英语的标准化起到了促进作用。印刷术的发明促进了英语的标准化,而《钦定版圣经》的翻译也对英语语言的塑造起到了重要作用。18世纪是英语标准化进程的关键时期,涌现了大量的语法书、拼写书和词典。英语的学习难度与学习者的母语和英语的非语音性有关,现代英语的词序比古英语更重要。 Simon Horriban: 英语的演变是一个复杂的过程,受到多种因素的影响,包括语言接触、社会变革、文化交流和技术发展等。从古英语到现代英语,英语的语音、词汇和语法都发生了巨大的变化,但其核心仍然是日耳曼语。英语的标准化是一个漫长的过程,直到18世纪才基本完成。英语的灵活性和适应性使其能够吸收其他语言的词汇,并不断发展变化。

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The episode explores the history of the English language, tracing its origins from Old English to its current global status, and discusses how its evolution has influenced cultural and religious understanding.

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Half a billion people alive today speak English as their *first *language. But how you speak English depends on where you live, where you come from, and how it was taught to you. It's truly a universal language. So - what's its history? If this is the language that has done the most to spread Christianity (as some claim), how have its quirks influenced our understanding of the Bible?