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Characteristics of English

Characteristics of English. Receptiveness ( 包容性 ). ● English mixes other languages. ● English increases at a high-speed. Examples. 据统计,英语最常用的 5000 词汇中, 27% 来自本民族, 47% 来自法语, 17% 直接来自拉丁语, 9% 来自其它各种语言。

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Characteristics of English

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  1. Characteristics of English

  2. Receptiveness(包容性) ● English mixes other languages. ● English increases at a high-speed .

  3. Examples • 据统计,英语最常用的5000词汇中,27%来自本民族,47%来自法语,17%直接来自拉丁语,9%来自其它各种语言。 • (1)有47%即2350个直接来自法语,如administer, state, empire, authority, justice, crime, prison,, army, navy, peace • (2)来自汉语的词汇约有30多个,例如tofu(豆腐), yum cha(饮茶), fengshui (风水), kowtow (叩头), typhoon(台风), shanghai(拐骗) ,lama(喇嘛), yak(牦牛)。 • (3)一批拉丁词如pope, candle, priest, organ, altar等进入了英语

  4. simplicity ● The inflection of English is easy. ● The word order of English is relatively fixed. ● English has no masculine, feminine and neuter gender.

  5. English I work. You work. She/he works. We work You work. They work. French Je travaille. Tu travailles. Elle/il travaille Nous travaillons. Vous travaillez. Elles/ils travaillent. example

  6. English small adj.小的 (1)You house is small. (2)the school is small. Spanish Pequeno adj.小的 (1)Su casa es pequena. (2)Esta colegio es pequeno Example

  7. popularity ● English exists everywhere. ● English is spoken by most people. ● English has become official language of many countries.

  8. 1 French 2 Arab 3 Russian 4 Spanish 5 Chinese 6 English 联合国批准6种语言使用人数所占比例

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