Encyclopedia - American English: Encyclopedia - American English
American English (AmE) is the dialect of the English language used mostly in the United States of America. It is estimated that approxima...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British English: Encyclopedia - British English
British English (BrE) is a term used to differentiate the form of the English language used in the United Kingdom from other forms of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British English: Encyclopedia Ii - British English - -ise Versus -ize
Words of the sort organize/organise and their derivatives can be spelt with either s or z in British English. The -ize forms are promoted...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The English Language - Historic English Text Samples
History of the English language - Old English. Beowulf lines 1 to 11, approximately AD 900 Hwæt! We Gar-Dena in geardagum, þeodcyn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Modern English: Encyclopedia Ii - Modern English - Outline Of Changes In Modern English
The following is an outline of the major changes in Modern English compared to its previous form (Middle English). Note, however, that th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Globish: Encyclopedia Ii - Globish - Uses And Alternatives
Use of Globish has continued to expand as a tool of common understanding in simple international communication. This is due to its practi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Konglish: Encyclopedia Ii - Konglish - Origins Of Konglish
Words such as chan-seu (찬스; "chance," "opportunity") and hom-reon (홈런; "home run") are adoptions of English words that are fairly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gullah: Encyclopedia Ii - Gullah - People
The Gullah people are an African American population of African slave ancestry. They live in the Sea Islands and the nearby coastal low c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American English: Encyclopedia Ii - American English - Phonology
In many ways, compared to British English, American English is conservative in its phonology. The conservatism of American English is lar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American English: Encyclopedia Ii - American English - Differences In British English And American English
Main article: American and British English differences American English has both spelling and grammatical differences from British Englis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia - English Language
English is a West Germanic language that is spoken in Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American English: Encyclopedia Ii - American English - Regional Differences
Main article: American English regional differences Spoken American English is not homogeneous throughout the country, and various region...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American English: Encyclopedia Ii - American English - English Words Obsolete Outside The U.s.
A number of words that originated in the English of the British Isles are still in everyday use in North America, but are no longer used ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gullah: Encyclopedia Ii - Gullah - Language
The Gullah language is an English-based creole, strongly influenced by West and Central African languages such as Vai, Mende, Twi, Ewe, H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The English Language - Proto-english
The Germanic tribes who would later give rise to the English language (the Angles, Saxons, Frisians, Jutes and perhaps even the Franks) t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The English Language - Old English
The invaders dominated the original Celtic-speaking inhabitants, whose languages survived largely in Scotland, Wales, and Cornwall. The d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The English Language - Middle English
For the 300 years following the Norman Conquest in 1066, the Norman kings and the high nobility spoke only a variety of French called Ang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The English Language - Early Modern English
From the late 15th century, the language changed further into what is described as Modern English; the change is often dated from the Gre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dialect: Encyclopedia Ii - Dialect - Dialect Or Language
There are no universally accepted criteria for distinguishing languages from dialects, although a number of paradigms exist, which render...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Geographic Distribution
English is the second or third most widely spoken language in the world today. A total of 600–700 million people use the various dialec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Regional Differences In Formal Written English: Encyclopedia Ii - Regional Differences In Formal Written English - Lists Of Variations In Formal Written English
What follows is a list of expressions and constructions that appear in formal written English and are given different meanings in differe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Regional Accents Of English Speakers: Encyclopedia Ii - Regional Accents Of English Speakers - British Isles
Main article: British English English accents and dialects vary more widely within the UK itself than they do in other parts of the world...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Regional Vocabularies Of American English: Encyclopedia Ii - Regional Vocabularies Of American English - Regional Vocabulary Tables
See: Chinook Jargon was a trade language (or pidgin) of the Pacific Northwest, which spread quickly up the West Coast from Oregon State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Regional Accents Of English Speakers: Encyclopedia Ii - Regional Accents Of English Speakers - North America
Main article: North American English Regional accents of English speakers - Canada. Main article: Canadian English Canadian accents var...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Grammar
English grammar displays minimal inflection compared with some other Indo-European languages. For example, Modern English, unlike Modern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Grammar
English grammar displays minimal inflection compared with some other Indo-European languages. For example, Modern English, unlike Modern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Writing System
English is written using the Latin alphabet. The spelling system or orthography of English is historical, not phonological. The spelling ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Classification And Related Languages
The English language belongs to the western subbranch of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Apart from English...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Regional Accents Of English Speakers: Encyclopedia Ii - Regional Accents Of English Speakers - Southern Hemisphere
Regional accents of English speakers - Australia. Main article: Australian English phonology The Australian accent varies between socia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - History
English originated from the Old Saxon language and related dialects brought to Britain by Germanic settlers from various parts of northwe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Intonation
English language - Tone groups. English is an Intonation language. This means that the pitch of the voice is used syntactically, for ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Sounds
English language - Vowels. Notes: It is the vowels that differ most from region to region. Where symbols appear in pairs, the first cor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Classification And Related Languages
The English language belongs to the western subbranch of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Apart from English...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Vocabulary
Almost without exception, Germanic words (which include all the basics such as pronouns and conjunctions) are shorter and more informal. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dialect: Encyclopedia Ii - Dialect - Concepts In Dialectology
Concepts in dialectology include: Dialect - Mutual intelligibility. Some have attempted to distinguish dialects from languages by sayin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dialect: Encyclopedia Ii - Dialect - Standard And Non-standard Dialects
A standard dialect (also known as a standardized dialect or "standard language") is a dialect that is supported by institutions. Such ins...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - English Language: Encyclopedia Ii - English Language - Grammar
English grammar displays minimal inflection compared with some other Indo-European languages. For example, Modern English, unlike Modern ...   » Read the article