English And Standardization Essay

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English language seems to be easy to learn and comprehend, but when we hear about the history of it as a non-original language you become confused. The desire to know more about the language would be very understandable, and as an English learner, there are things to be known like the process of standardization, and the history of dictionaries and grammar books.

History of English And Standardization The history of English is very complicated, because English in not an original language, also the American civilization is not an ancient one like the Chinese one or the Pharaohs, which they both have their own history and rules, and they were before the American civilization. on the other hand, when England started to use …show more content…

It was for William Lily named "Grammaticea rudimenta" and it was the only book used in schools for some time. Later In 1586 William Bulloker Wrote "Bref Grammar for English" ad he made it possible for students to understand, he said"...the easier coming to the knowledge of grammar for other languages"(William Bulloker,1586).

Shakespeare helped in the development of English through many words and phrases from his sonnets and plays, they are all accepted in the language. by the end of the 17th century, and after Bulloker's book, about 16 new grammar books had been published.

With all these grammar English books that were inspired by the Latin grammar, many arguments has been found in some schools. The main debate was of whether to use Latin grammar as a reference for the English grammar, or English language should be studied by its own rights. Despite all the arguments ,English language continued to developed rapidly and also continued codification. Until today, English as a language, epically its grammar and pronunciation, differ from the old ages, and it will continue to develop in the

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