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英語の変化について。
言語の変化って興味深い。文字もスペルも発音も、100年前ともう違ってるんだよね。英語圏の古典の授業とか面白いんだろうな。
Contrary to A
意味 [文頭で]A に反して, A とは違って
Contrary to what your high school teachers would have you believe, the rules of the English language are not set in stone but constantly evolving. Less than 100 years ago, most people preferred “ought” or “shall” over “need.” “Cooperate” and “zoologist” were spelled “coöperate” and “zoölogist,” while “diarrhea” was written with ligatures, as “diarrhœa.” The capital of Japan was known as “Tokio,” not “Tokyo.”
https://bigthink.com/high-culture/english-language-future/
トキオって響きのほうがかっこいいと思うのはYMOの影響か。
runic
意味 ルーン文字の.
Aside from a few runic inscriptions on metal and ceramic objects, the earliest evidence of written English is the law-code of King Æthelberht of Kent, which is dated to 616 AD. The first sentence of the law-code, Þis syndon þa domas þe Æðelbirht cyning asette on Agustinus dæge, roughly translates to: “These are the decrees which King Æthelberht set in Augustine’s time.”
https://bigthink.com/high-culture/english-language-future/
おお…難しいこと書いてる。
predecessor
意味 （機械· 制度などの） 旧型; 前作, 前身
Although linguists insist the actual process is more complex, it appears English became more simplified as time went on. Middle English, which grew out of Old English during the 12th century AD, has fewer word endings than its predecessor. Late Middle English, which developed between 1400 and 1500, dropped the complicated declension system that still exists in German, in which the form of a noun can change depending on its function in the sentence.
https://bigthink.com/high-culture/english-language-future/
utter
意味 (かたく) 話す, 言葉を発する.
Each non-English country speaks English differently. In Germany, words like “thing” or “thus” are not uttered with an emphasized “t.” Instead, the “th” sound, uncommon in German, is replaced with an “s” or “z.” (There’s a great joke about this in the video below.)
https://bigthink.com/high-culture/english-language-future/
ドイツ母語話者の話す英語か…どんなだろ。zに替わるって結構かっこいい予感w
prominence
意味 [U]目立つこと; 傑出, 卓越
It’s possible English will not be around 1,000 years from now. As mentioned, the prominence of a language is inextricably tied to the cultural, economic, and military might of the countries that speak it. When these countries withdraw from the international stage, so does their mode of expression.
https://bigthink.com/high-culture/english-language-future/
英語は消えないよ。アメリカが許してもイギリスが許さなそう。
