CUTTING EDGE 1-03 英語の変遷
言語に関する面白いことの1つはそれが時とともに変化していくさまである名A
(1) One interesting thing about languages is the way that they
change over time. In English, everything from spelling to vocabulary
熟を経験する
to ①pronunciation has ②gone through major changes over centuries.
In fact, to a modern speaker, the English of 1,000 years ago is like a
foreign language!
熱にさかのぼる
当時、
The history of English ③dates back around 1,500 years. (2) At
ヨーロッパの複数の集団がイランドeans ④inaded England, bringing their
that time, groups of Europeans
副詞M
一面に侵入する。
languages with them. These ⑤gradually developed into Old English.
だんだんと.
Later, in_1066, England was invaded by the Normans, from France.
これによってその言語に重要な変化がもたらされ、今日我々が中英語と呼ばれる
(3) This caused the language [go] through an important shift, leading to
関係詞ものになった。
続く500年以上の間、その言語は
what we now call Middle English. (4)Over the next 500 years, the
さらなる変化を経て最終的に近代英語へと変化した。結局は 回進化する
language ⑥underwent ⑦ further shifts, ⑧eventually Devolving into
~続する
脳されんだ
英語が現在に至るまで発展する間に
Modern English [evolvingの用法】 (5) As the language has developed
「接続」
多くのことが変化した
down to the present day, many things about it have changed.
明白な
Pronunciation is one of the most obvious areas of change. For
example, in Old English, people said “hus” and “mus.” Now we say
最近では、アメリカ、イギリス、オーストラリア、そして他の地域での
"house" and "mouse." (6)These days, there are also many differences
英語の発音の名Aしかたにも効くの違いがある。
in the way that English is pronounced in the USA, the UK, Australia.
どこかその他の所で、
and Welsewhere. When people who speak the same language live in
BE AE
places separated by great 12distances, the language undergoes 13rapid
changes in each place.
囲急速な
Spelling has also gone thorough interesting changes. For
example, in Old English, people wrote "riht." A "g" was added in
Middle English, making the spelling "right." Also, in the ④4 distant
18世紀および
past, people did not always follow standards of spelling. (7) In the 18th
学者のような学者たちが辞書を著し、英語のつづりをより
19世紀に(アヴェブスター
and 19th centuries,
scholars like Noah Webster wrote dictionaries
形一貫性のあるものにした。
FRED 貫した
that made English spelling more 1⑥6 consistent. But different
standards were decided on in England and the USA, so some differences
remain - for example, "color" vs. “colour.”
