Listen to the text again and focus on the The History Chapter ten: Global English, or whose language is it anyway In the fifteen hundred years since the Roman’s left Britain, English ha
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The History
Activity 1:
1 Watch the video (or listen to the audio file)
2 Look at the s sounds in bold How would you describe the allophone
3 Listen to the text again and focus on the
The History Chapter ten: Global English, or whose language is it anyway
In the fifteen hundred years since the Roman’s left Britain, English ha
evolve, invade and, if we’re honest, steal After foreign settlers got i
language all of its own, before leaving home and travelling the world, first via the high seas, then via the high speed broadband connection, pilfering words from over 350 languages and establishing i
global institution All this despite a wri
system of spelling that even Dan Brow
speak English Of these about a quarter are native speakers, a quarter speak it as their
and half are able to ask for directions to a swimming pool There’s Hinglish
Chinglish – which is Chinese-English and Singlish
when they speak, in musicals So i
days, it may well be time to stop calling it ‘English’ But if someone does think up a new name for it, it
should probably be in Chinese
TIPS:
• Very often, s is optionally consonant sound (normally, not
• Sounds tend to adapt to their neighbours
alveolar consoant adopts the place of articulation of the following consonant
• You don’t have to show assimilations or glottal stops in your transcriptions (unless you
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/ðəəəə ˈˈˈˈhhhhɪɪɪɪstri stri stri əəəəv v v ˈˈˈˈɪɪɪɪŋŋŋŋɡl ɡl ɡlɪʃ | ɪn ˈten ˈmɪnɪts || ɪʃ | ɪn ˈten ˈmɪnɪts ||
ˈˈˈˈttttʃʃʃʃæpt æpt æptəəəə ˈˈˈˈten || ten || ten || ˈˈˈˈɡl ɡl ɡləʊbl ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ | ɔː ˈhuːz ˈl əʊbl ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ | ɔː ˈhuːz ˈl
ɪn ðə ˈfɪfˈtiːn ˈhʌndrəd ˈjɪəz | ˈsɪns ðə
ɪˈvɒlv | ɪnˈveɪd | ən ɪf wɪər ˈɒnəst | ˈstiːl || ˈ
ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ | ˈɔːl əv ɪts ˈəʊn || bɪˈfɔː ˈliːvɪŋ ˈhəʊm
ˈva(ɪ)ə ðə ˈhaɪ ˈspiːd ˈbrɔːbbæŋ(g) kə
| ən ɪˈstæblɪʃɪŋ ɪʔˈself | əz ə ˈɡləʊbl
ˈkɒrəˈleɪʃn | tə ˈhaʊ ɪt ˈsaʊn(d)z | ən
əˈraʊn(d) ˈwʌm ˈpɔɪnt ˈfaɪv ˈbɪljəm
ˈkwɔːtə ˈspiːk ɪt əz ðeə ˈsekənd ˈlæŋ
ˈhɪŋɡlɪʃ | wɪtʃ ɪz ˈhɪndi ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ || ˈtʃɪŋɡlɪʃ | wɪtʃ ɪz
ən ˈnɒʔ ðæʔ ˈbɪʔ wen ˈðeɪ ˈspiːk | ɪm
wɪð ˈɪŋɡlənd | ðiːz ˈdeɪz | ɪʔ meɪ ˈwel
ˈnjuː ˈneɪm fər ɪt | ɪt ʃəb ˈprɒbəbli | bi
History of English in Ten Minutes
Watch the video (or listen to the audio file)
ow would you describe the allophone you hear?
Listen to the text again and focus on the shaded areas What’s special about them?
History of English in Ten Minutes Global English, or whose language is it anyway
In the fifteen hundred years since the Roman’s left Britain, English has shown a unique ability to absorb,
evolve, invade and, if we’re honest, steal After foreign settlers got it started, i
language all of its own, before leaving home and travelling the world, first via the high seas, then via the
onnection, pilfering words from over 350 languages and establishing i
pite a written alphabet that bears no correlation to how it sounds and a rown couldn’t decipher Right now around o
speak English Of these about a quarter are native speakers, a quarter speak it as their
and half are able to ask for directions to a swimming pool There’s Hinglish
English and Singlish – which is Singaporean English
usicals So in conclusion, the language has got so little to do with England these
may well be time to stop calling it ‘English’ But if someone does think up a new name for it, it
optionally replaced by a glottal stop (Z>\) when it’s in syllable
consonant sound (normally, not s.) or silence
Sounds tend to adapt to their neighbours This optional process is called
adopts the place of articulation of the following consonant.
t have to show assimilations or glottal stops in your transcriptions (unless you
ɪʃ | ɪn ˈten ˈmɪnɪts ||
ɪʃ | ɪn ˈten ˈmɪnɪts ||
əʊbl ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ | ɔː ˈhuːz ˈl əʊbl ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ | ɔː ˈhuːz ˈlæ æ æŋɡw ŋɡw ŋɡwɪdʒ ɪz ɪt ɪdʒ ɪz ɪt ɪdʒ ɪz ɪt | | | | ˈˈˈˈeniwe eniwe eniweɪɪɪɪ || || ||
ə ˈrəʊmənz ˈleft ˈbrɪtn | ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ | həʒ ˈʃəʊn ə juː ˈstiːl || ˈɑːftə ˈfɒrən ˈsetləz ˈɡɒt ɪʔ ˈstɑːtɪd | ɪk ɪdʒ | ˈɔːl əv ɪts ˈəʊn || bɪˈfɔː ˈliːvɪŋ ˈhəʊm | ən ˈtrævəlɪŋ ðə ˈwɜːld | ˈfɜːs(t
əˈnekʃn | ˈpɪlfərɪŋ ˈwɜːdz | frəm ˈəʊvə ˈθriː ˈhʌ əʊbl ˈɪnstɪˈtjuːʃn || ˈɔːl ˈðɪs | dɪˈspaɪt ə ˈrɪʔn
n ə ˈsɪstəm əv ˈspelɪŋ | ðət ˈiːvn ˈdæm ˈbraʊŋ ˈk ˈpiːpl | ˈspiːk ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ || ˈɒv ˈðiːz | əˈbaʊt ə ˈkw ŋɡwɪdʒ | ən ˈhɑːf | ər ˈeɪbl | tu ˈɑːsk fə dɪˈrekʃn
ɪʃ || ˈtʃɪŋɡlɪʃ | wɪtʃ ɪz ˈtʃaɪˈniːz ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ || ən ˈsɪŋɡlɪʃ | wɪtʃ ɪz
m ˈmjuːzɪklz || səʊ ˈɪŋ kəŋˈkluːʒn | ðə ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ əz ˈɡɒ wel | bi ˈtaɪm tə ˈstɒp ˈkɔːlɪŋ ɪt ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ || bət ɪf ˈsʌmwʌn ˈdʌz ˈθɪŋk ˈʌp ə
bi ɪn tʃaɪˈniːz/
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Minutes Global English, or whose language is it anyway
own a unique ability to absorb, started, it grew into a fully-fledged language all of its own, before leaving home and travelling the world, first via the high seas, then via the
onnection, pilfering words from over 350 languages and establishing itself as a
bears no correlation to how it sounds and a
one point five billion people speak English Of these about a quarter are native speakers, a quarter speak it as their second language, and half are able to ask for directions to a swimming pool There’s Hinglish – which is Hindi-English,
which is Singaporean English – and not that bit
so little to do with England these may well be time to stop calling it ‘English’ But if someone does think up a new name for it, it
s in syllable-final position before a
process is called assimilation In general, an
t have to show assimilations or glottal stops in your transcriptions (unless you’re asked to)
ːˈniːk əˈbɪləti | tu əbˈzɔːb | ˈɡruː | ˈɪntu ə ˈfʊli ˈfledʒ(d) t) ˈva(ɪ)ə ðə ˈhaɪ ˈsiːz || ðen ʌndrəd ən ˈfɪfti ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒɪz ˈælfəbet | ðəʔ ˈbeəz ˈnəʊ kʊdn(t) dɪˈsaɪfə || ˈraɪʔ ˈnaʊ | kwɔːtə | ə ˈneɪtɪv ˈspiːkəz | ə
ə dɪˈrekʃnz tu ə ˈswɪmɪŋpuːl || ðəz
ɪʃ || ən ˈsɪŋɡlɪʃ | wɪtʃ ɪz ˈsɪŋəˈpɔːriən ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ ||
ɪdʒ əz ˈɡɒʔ ˈsəʊ ˈlɪtl tə ˈduː
ɪʃ || bət ɪf ˈsʌmwʌn ˈdʌz ˈθɪŋk ˈʌp ə