英文的文言文是怎樣的？

Question

那樣：英國自有文獻記載開始直至現代所通用的現代英語？英文在各朝代中的演變是怎樣？有何特色？請以字母、拼音、語序、名詞、冠詞、動詞和形容詞逐一舉例說明。

Answer 1

最佳解答

Old English: Under huge Germanic influence, spoken from 450 until about 1100. Used in Beowulf (ca. 700s). Lots of kennings.(ocean = whaleroad, body =bonehouse, etc.)

Middle English: closer to Modern English, spoken between 1100 to 1500. Used by Chaucer in his Canteberry Tales (ca. 1380s)

Modern English: from 1500 to present, used by Shakespeare in his plays.

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