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 Objectives
1. Discover the history of the English Language;
2. Identify the elements of Grammar;
3. Distinguish the importance of learning the English Language
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 HistOry of English
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Prepared by: Daizlene De Jesus, LPT

 English language history began with
the arrival of Germanic tribes
(Angles, Saxons, Jutes) in 5th
Century AD from Denmark and
Northern Germany.

“Englisc” – Angles’ language/

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“Englaland” – place where Angles

came from
 PeriOds in English
Language History
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 Old Eng Modern
bill sword
I. Old English (450-1100 AD)
brim ocean
• Word from Old English that are still
used up until now came from this
period. sped quickness
• Grammatical gender such as
masculine, neuter and feminine
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exist. wif wife

 II. Middle English (1100 – 1500)

• Linguistic class divisions were

created where lower classes spoke
English and upper classes spoke
French.
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 III. Early Modern English (1500 –
1800)

Significant changes in pronunciation

were observed and practiced (Great
Vowel Shift) New words were
observed during the Renaissance
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and global contacts.


IV. Late Modern English (1800 –
Present)
More words have been learned
based on two principal factors:
 Industrial Revolution and
Technology – based on need for new
words.
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 British Empire – based on adopted
foreign words from countries.
electricity, camera,
telegraph, pulley, train,
engine, reservoir and
combustion, typewriter,
horsepower, aeroplane and
railway
Banana (West African)
Karaoke (Japanese)
Paparazzi (Italian)
Guru (Sanskrit)
 OVERVIEW OF THE
ENGLISH
GRAMMAR
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 Grammar
• systematic set of rules of a
language.
• It is what we use to structure
language.
• It is a language system that allows
words to change their form, their
order in a sentence and combine
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with other words in novel ways.

 Elements of English Grammar
• Phonemes-smallest units of speech distinguishing one word (or word
element) from another
• Phonology-study of the patterns of sounds in a language and across
languages (e.g. element p in “tap,” which separates that word from “tab,”
“tag,” and “tan.”)
• Morphemes-comprised of two separate classes called (a) bases (or roots)
and (b) affixes (e.g. develop+ment and book+ed)
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• Morphology- the study of how parts of words, called morphemes, create

different meanings by combining with each other or standing alone.
• Syntax-arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences
in a language.
 Elements of English Grammar
•Phrases – group of words without complete thought (e.g.
Allen’s dog, The woman across the street)
•Clauses – group of phrases with or without complete thought
(e.g. while he slept, And he found her.)
•Sentences – group of words with complete thought (e.g.The
students form the BSBA Department are innovative.)
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•Semantics-the branch of linguistics and logic concerned with

meaning
 Main Components of English Grammar
•Parts of Speech
A. Major/Open class words/Content words- Nouns, Verbs,
Adjectives, Adverbs
B. Minor/Closed class word – Prepositions, Pronouns,
Interjections, Conjunctions
• Tenses – forms of verb that allows you to express time (past,
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present, future)
 Main Components of English Grammar
• Aspects- flow of time (Simple, Perfect,
Continuous/Progressive, Perfect Progressive/Perfect
Continuous
•Sentence Structure – order of all parts in the sentence (simple,
compound, complex)
• Punctuations- period, comma, apostrophe, quotation,
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question, exclamation, brackets, braces, parenthesis, dash,

hyphen, ellipsis, colon, semicolon
 Why is grammar essential to learn English?
• It helps you build correct sentences.
• It helps you make sure that sentences are clear and
understood by others.
• It helps you identify mistakes within sentences.
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 What happens when you don’t understand grammar?
•You can’t create sentences accurately.
•You might provide misleading information.
•You might misunderstand others.
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 Reference
https://www.yourdictionary.com/articles/old-english-words-meanings
https://spb.hse.ru/soc/illuminated/news/359798506.html
https://www.myenglishlanguage.com/history-of-english/late-modern-
english/#:~:text=Some%20words%20that%20entered%20the,to
%20create%20a%20new%20meaning.
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