History of the English language

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   What does the history of a language study?
   

“History of the English language” – deals with the problem of working out common features of the Germanic group of languages related to each other by the links of common origin. We’ll speak about the modern status of each member of the Germanic group of languages in the modern world.

2. 
   Can you give general information about the Germanic languages as one of the groups of Indo-European languages?
   

The branch of Indo-European that English belongs to is called Germanic, and includes German, Dutch, Frisian, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian. All these languages are descended from one parent language, a dialect of Indo-European, which we can call Proto-Germanic (PG

3. 
   How and why does а language change?
   

Causes of language changes
There are two types of factors of language change:
1) Extra linguistic factors: Extra linguistic factors of language change include:
a) Geographical factors;
b) Social factors;
c) Temporal factors.
2) Intra linguistic factors: phonetic, spelling, grammatical, lecical, stylistic

4. 
   What does it mean when they say that the Germanic languages ​​were the languages ​​of the synthetic system?
   

Germanic languages are those with origin in the Indo-European language family and are derived from what is known as the Proto-Germanic language. It’s estimated that the first Germanic were spoken in northern Germany and the Scandinavian territory. The first recorded Germanic language was Gothic, which people already used in the 6th century and due to the great migrations it eventually reached the Danube and Rhine areas.

5. 
   What do you know about word stress in Old English? Analyze stress in the given examples. Sumer; Deniscan (Scandinavians); ʒesittan; sǣ-dracan (sea dragon)
   
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