Latin Dictionary
Though Latin is no longer anyone’s first language, it is not completely “dead”. Latin continues to be an influence in English, about three fifths of English words stem from Latin. Students of Latin have gone on to be successful in other fields. Two (famous) examples are J.K. Rowling (writer of the Harry Potter series) and Ted Turner (founder of CNN and TBS). Latin not only an influence in English, but it is also the base of other languages such as French, Spanish, and Italian. Latin is not the language you speak with your friends, but it has had a bigger impact on you than you think.
Latin is still taught in schools even though it’s not anyone's native language anymore. There are many uses for Latin, so learning Latin does have advantages. One advantage is it lets you read classic literature without translation into another language. The good part about that is you can read everything because some words do not translate and you can feel the flow of the words better when its read in its original format. One other use for Latin is it can help you get better test questions. Not questions directly related to Latin, learning Latin will help you with the origins of many English words and that can help your understanding of English vocabulary.
As I mentioned earlier, about 60% of English words stem from Latin. Another language that a lot of English words stem from is French, and Latin is the base of French. English and Latin are in the same language family which is called Indo-European. Pretty much all of medical terms come from either Greek or Latin. One reason there are any Latin words and phrases in today’s law is, “ancient Rome's legal system has had a strong influence on the legal systems of most western countrie...
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...e: More than one.
Derivative of: multaThere were multiple people in the crowd.
Navy: The part of the army that deals with problems at sea.
Derivative of: navisRoman’s navy improved mightily after the Punic wars.
Nonfiction: A true writing piece.
Derivative of: nonNonfiction books can be funny too.
Obtain: To get something
Derivative of: obtinereThe book was easy to obtain because there were so many copies.
Peril: To be in danger.
Derivative of: periculosusI was in peril because I was lost deep in the woods.
Precious: Something that is important and valuable.
Derivative of: pratiuosusThe baseball card held a memory, it was so precious to him.
Quiet: To not make much noise.
Derivative of: quieta Marshawn Lynch is a quiet person, he lets his play do the talking.
Remember: To call up a memory from the past.
Derivative of: meminsseI could not remember his name.
For this summary I watched a video called Voices of the World: The Extinction of Language and Linguistic Diversity. The video starts off with how people believe that there are about 6, 000 languages. David Crystal talks about how with all these different languages half of them are endangered of becoming extinct. Each different language offers a different point of view of the world and culture. He said that if different languages are lost then “we lose the meaning what is it to be human.”
The example given above shows that the Latin yields functional words (quae, et), endings (-as, -am, etc.), and some lexical words (possunt, corpore, mille), while the remaining stems come from German (schoen-, blick-, mann-, etc.). We can conveniently call the language that is mixed with Latin the Embedded Language (hence, EL).
The book 1984 by George Orwell is about a dystopian society called Oceania. Big Brother is the unseen leader of this society. Telescreens monitor every move of the Outer Party. The party consists of the Inner Party and the Outer Party. The Inner Party is the highest class in society, followed by the Outer Party. The lowest class is the Proles. The Proles are not monitored because the Inner Party considers them ignorant and does not consider them as a potential threat. People are monitored in order to eliminate thoughtcrime (any unorthodox thought). The new language of Oceania is Newspeak. The Party is trying to simplify language to limit thought. The Party also rewrites historical events in order to keep the past in line with Big Brother’s agenda. The main character, Winston, works on rewriting history. Winston and Julia (his lover) are against the government and join an underground revolution. Eventually, they are caught and are brought to the Ministry of Love (an organization that punishes crime by torture and brainwashing). They are separated and tortured. Winston is tortured by a man named O’Brien. Winston is tortured physically when he is beaten and starved. Winston is tortured mentally when he is brainwashed into believing what Big Brother believes. After being faced with his greatest fear, Winston submits to O’Brien and gives up his revolutionary ideals. In the end of the book, Winston confesses his love of Big Brother. Two of the main themes in 1984 are the destruction of language and the power of language. In 1984, Orwell uses Newspeak and the death of language to show that one’s thoughts are directly controlled by the language they use and he who controls the language controls the future.
A third benefit can be entertainment. You might be asking yourself why entertainment? Well many movies and TV programs produced in Hollywood are in english; to be able to understand what the movie is about it is necessary to know english. Also some movies and T.V programs produce in other countries are sold to the U.S and have subtitles that can be easily read in english. Another benefit can be cultural. Understanding english can help people from other countries understand the U.
In my opinion knowing the Roman numerals is very important because as of today we still find this system in our everyday life. Whenever we need to know the time we turn and we might see an analogue clock with roman numbers. We find them in text books as the information that we are reading is being categorized and the same while taking a test that contains multiple questions. When we are watching TV they appear at the end a movie or a TV show we even see them in sports like in the Super Bowl.
The Common Law, also known as Anglo-American Law, surfaced in England during the Middle Ages in the 14th century and was spread all over the world with the British colonies. Although England had numerous connections to the rest of Europe in those times, one thing that was not similar was the use of judicial decisions as the foundation of common law.
In the United States, the language we know as Spanish is so prevalent that most automated voice messaging systems use it as a second option, the majority of stores feature it as another language option on their pin pads, and more importantly it is in fact considered the second most widely spoken language in the U.S. Spanish is part of our everyday lives not just as far as the people who live here and speak it, but the cultural traditions we have adopted from other Spanish speaking countries. America would not be the same without Spanish cultural influence, and not only that, there are beneficial reasons behind learning the Spanish language and the meanings and influences of its culture
Let’s go back to John Stuart Mills, he was a gifted individual, his father spent a lot of time educating him and teaching him Greek and Latin. By the age of 14 he mastered both Greek and Latin. In his tee...
The Sources of English Law There are three main sources of English law, legislation and statutes. Law), Common Law (Judge-made Law) and the European Communities law. English Law was historically based on customs and social traditions. Today Custom Law is a part of Common Law, notably in cases where there was no judicial precedent but which were known to exist since time memorial (i.e. since 1189). Many of these laws, such as the Fisherman's Case (1894) 2 East PC 661.
Endangered languages and languages alike all hold specific information and traditions that differentiate them from one another. Endangered languages are filled with centuries of human thinking and historical knowledge, cultural gains and traditions that provide people with a sense of identity, and they help assemble diversity in this world that brings mankind vital information to grow. Endangered languages should be saved because just like any language, they hold a vast amount of information that gives outsiders a deeper look at who these people are, what they believe in, and what they think and know about the world around them.
The Norman invasion of 1066 AD began a period of two centuries in which French was the official language of England, resulting in the introduction of many words with French or Latin roots, such as 'baron', 'justice' and 'government' (Beal, J. 2012, p. 64). English was first used in Parliament in 1362 AD and gradually displaced French (Appendix I, in Seargea...
The 1400 mark date that English is used in writing will be, a seemingly small step, but one that impacted many people and began a legacy of record keeping in English. In 1450 English became the language used in writing town laws and finally 1489 saw all statutes written in English. But it was not until 1649 that English became the language of legal documents in place of Latin. The formal rules intended to keep the use of French in official capacities were not enough to combat the effects of the Black Death and the Hundred Years War between France and England, which both contributed greatly to the rise of English and fall of French. By the fourteenth century, English was again known by most people, although French was not forgotten, and the people who spoke French were generally bilingual.
It would be reasonable if Honey suggested that English would be the dominant language in the near future. English is still the global language worldwide and the United States is still the driving force in political, economical and cultural fields of endeavor. This dominance will last for a long while yet, but not forever.
Over the years English inarguably has reached a status of a global language and commonly is characterized as a lingua franca. It has become the language that is spoken by millions of people all over the world; as the mother tongue, as the language used for international communication and as the language learned in the millions of schools.
I offer several groups of these benefits below, which may help to convince you to take the plunge, if you need such persuasion. One groups of benefits represent economic and practical reasons, others have intellectual and even sentimental content, but whatever reasons you choose, you will have a clear idea of why learning foreign language so important and how it can help to motivate you in your studies. First group is personal benefits. Learning foreign language, people develop their brain`s capabilities, in particular your memory. The researchers from University College London has shown that learning other languages altered grey matter – the area of the brain which processes information – in the same way exercise builds muscles.