The resurgence of English is the most important and remarkable event which still have an important and enormous influence in this modern age. Reading the text I have realized how powerful and influential could be a country in terms of its culture and language among other countries. During that epoch England and France were the biggest powerful countries and both had a turbulent relationship. However, the onset of the hundred years of war was an important issue that brings to England a sense of identity. This big issue makes declines French as the most common language spoken in those times and English started to increase as the language of power.Many French words had an impact on English because 10.000 of its words were entered to be part of English as well. Nowadays, English is the most common and popular language spoken around the world. For this reason I think how powerful could be just one success in the history of any country. In a certain way, an event from the past can enormously change the perspective, the culture, and the language of the world as is in this case English like the Universal language.
Hi Paulina, Your reflection is really interesting. No doubt the fact that English is the "lingua franca" is not a coincidence, but the effect of a series of historical, political and linguistic events that started to develop already in the 13th century. This diachronic perspective helps to understand the impact of historical events in language evolution. Well done!! Claudia
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Hi Paulina,
Your reflection is really interesting. No doubt the fact that English is the "lingua franca" is not a coincidence, but the effect of a series of historical, political and linguistic events that started to develop already in the 13th century. This diachronic perspective helps to understand the impact of historical events in language evolution.
Well done!!
Claudia
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