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1、论文题目：ThedevelopmentofEnglishwords课程名称：英语词汇学班级：10级外语系一班学号：2010041120姓名：侯懿娟77ThedevelopmentofEnglishwordsAbstractWordisthemostimportantpartoflanguage,andalsoistheproductandreflectionofthedevelopmentoflanguage.TheEnglishwordschangewiththedevelopmentofthesociety
2、,soalargenumberofnewEnglishwordsappear.ThefollowsarethereasonsoftheEnglishwords’developmentandthewaysofthedevelopment.Keywords:Englishwords,development,change1.IntroductionThehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagestartedwiththearrivalofthreeGermanictribeswhoinvadedBrit
3、ainduringthe5thcenturyAD.Thesetribes,theAngles,theSaxonsandtheJutes,crossedtheNorthSeafromwhattodayisDenmarkandnorthernGermany.AtthattimetheinhabitantsofBritainspokeaCelticlanguage.ButmostoftheCelticspeakerswerepushedwestandnorthbytheinvaders-mainlyintowhati
4、snowWales,ScotlandandIreland.TheAnglescamefromEnglandandtheirlanguagewascalledEnglish-fromwhichthewordsEnglandandEnglisharederived.2.Thereasonsofthedevelopment2.1politicsandeconomicsWiththehappeningofworldpoliticalaffairs,manynewwordsappeared.Fastdevelopment
5、,simplificationandvividnessarethemaincharacteristics.PoliticalchangesandpoliticalneedshavesuppliedtheEnglishvocabularywithgreatquantitiesofnewwordsandexpressions:junglewar,Euro,hotline,hard-liner,kingmakertonamejustafew.BecausethesovietUnionandtheUnitedState
6、shavebeenopposedtoeachother,suchwordsascoldwar,armracehadcomeintoplay.Somepresidentsof77theWesterncountrieshadcarriedouttheirspecificpolicies,whichalsoaddedtotheEnglishvocabulary.ThepoliticaldisorderandconfusionoftheUnitedstatesalsocontributedtotheEnglishvoc
7、abulary,suchassit-in,swim-in,teach-in.Inaddition,hundredsofeuphemismshavesprunguptocopewithpoliticallyincorrectvocabulary.Thefactoryfiredworkersbecome“downsizing”,andtheworkerswithoutworkbecome“layoff”.Apersonwhoisveryshortiscalled“verticallychallenged”,anda
8、mentallydisabledpersoniscalled“mentallychallenged”.Thosearetheso-calledpoliticallycorrectwords.2.2scienceandtechnologyThedevelopmentofthescienceandtechnologyprovidethemostabundantsourceofEnglish
