describe the historical and sociolinguistic reasons for the dissemination of English in the British isle
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The English language changed a great deal after coming in contact with Romans in 43 B.C.E. Because of Romans, the english language had many Latin words in it now. After they left, Germanic tribes came to British isles & hence we have the period of "old english''. In 1099, the Norman's invaded England & French was made number one language. But these languages could not take over english because of the people who still used english in conversations.
English is still changing & the present form of it is known as the 'modern english'.
Answer:
Few Sociolinguistic reasons in British Isle:
• Variation in urban & regional dialects.
• Due to Increase in Urban population, people migrated and has affected the accent.
• Increase in ‘minority ethnic’ population viz., English & Welsh population together have affected British sociolinguistic changes.
• Usage of indigenous minority languages is one of the factors.
Historic Reasons:
• English is a West Germanic language.
• Its origin lies in Anglo-Frisian dialects.
• German settlers introduced the language.
• Before the advent of English, Common Brittonic was generally spoken.