期刊名称:Celt: A Journal of Culture, English Language Teaching & Literature
印刷版ISSN:1412-3320
电子版ISSN:2502-4914
出版年度:2009
卷号:9
期号:2
页码:182-192
DOI:10.24167/celt.v9i2.173
语种:English
出版社:Soegijapranata Catholic University
摘要:This paper describes and explains the development of English in general and especially the English lexicon as the influence of social changes from time to time. We know that English can be divided into three periods; the periodfrom 450 to 1100 is known as Old English,from 1100 to 1500, is known as Middle English, and the last, from 1500 up to now is known as Modem English. From the three periods it isfound that English always develops and changes. The English of each period is differentfrom the English of other periods.
关键词:old English; middle English; modem English lexicon