Differences Between Modern English and Classic English
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Differences between Modern English and Classic English
The history of the English language is constituted up of some internal and external factors. People’s lifestyle, food, habitats as well as their style of speech which include vocabulary, accent and structure affects their language. Modern English refers to what English speakers and writers use today. Modern English is derived from old English by changing the pronunciation of words and introduction of new words over time (Jespersen, 2007). On the other hand, classic English refers to typical English that has traditional styles, formerly learned and can be used as an avenue to measure other English languages.
Modern English has various characteristics which include splintering of the language into distinct but mutually intelligible dialects. Each dialect has different elements of the pronunciation of some words that are distinct from other versions of English from other dialects. Classic English, on the other hand, has traditionally provided models from the derived languages, and this mostly occurs in styles of verse and prose and grammatical descriptions. Another characteristic of modern English is the continuous generation of new words termed as neologisms. These words arise due to technological changes and cultural developments that occur over time that raise the need for developing new words. However classic English is resistant to this changes thus maintains the initially used words. The basic components of the vocabulary have remained with changes only occurring on the spelling of the words (Phelps et al., 2012).
Modern English have also derived the use of nouns as verbs interchangeably. In modern English, when a noun is used as a subject and as an object, it appears in the same forms. Today there are only two case forms which are possessive case and nominative case. In classical English, nouns and adjectives have four cases nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative cases.
References
Jespersen, O. (2007). A modern English grammar on historical principles: Part VI. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
Phelps, S., Welch, S., Bowker, P., Davies, A., Ormond, G., Santer, D., … PBS Distribution (Firm). (2012). Classic English literature collection: Volume 1. United States: PBS Distribution.